North Carolina Lighthouses: Stories of History and Hope - Brossura

Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl; Roberts, Bruce

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0762773510 ISBN 13: 9780762773510

Casa editrice: Globe Pequot Pr, 2011

Riassunto

A gorgeous, full-color celebration of some of the world’s most famous lighthouses

 

From Cape Hatteras to Bodie Island Light, North Carolina is home to some of the most famous lighthouses in the world, and with this book, beautiful photography and engaging text come together to bring alive, as never before, the lore and history of North Carolina’s seafaring past.

 

Not just a tribute to the sentinels that dot the North Carolina shoreline today, North Carolina Lighthouses also offers a glimpse into the Golden Age of the Lighthouse System and makes a compelling case for preserving these buildings and their stories for posterity.

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L'autore:

Cheryl Shelton-Roberts is a native North Carolinian and lighthouse historian who has collected hundreds of stories about lighthouses and their keepers, compiling the book Hatteras Keepers Oral and Family Histories as well as writing Lighthouse Families. Her other books include Moving Hatteras: Relocating the Cape Hatteras Light Stations to Safety and Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse. Bruce Roberts is a nationally acclaimed photographer served as the first director of photography for Southern Living. His lighthouse photographs have appeared in hundreds of books and magazines. In 1994, the couple founded the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society and both have been awarded the "Kepper of the Light" award from the American Lighthouse Foundation. They live in Moorehead City, North Carolina.

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From Cape Hatteras to Bodie Island, North Carolina is home to some of the most famous lighthouses in the world, and with this book, beautiful photography and engaging text come together to bring alive the lore and history of North Carolina’s seafaring past.
Not just a tribute to the sentinels that dot the North Carolina shoreline today, North Carolina Lighthouses also offers a glimpse into the golden era of lighthouse construction  and makes a compelling case for preserving these buildings and their stories for posterit|From Cape Hatteras to Bodie Island, North Carolina is home to some of the most famous lighthouses in the world, and with this book, beautiful photography and engaging text come together to bring alive the lore and history of North Carolina s seafaring past.
Not just a tribute to the sentinels that dot the North Carolina shoreline today, North Carolina Lighthouses also offers a glimpse into the golden era of lighthouse construction and makes a compelling case for preserving these buildings and their stories for posterit

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• Editore: Globe Pequot Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0762773510
• ISBN 13: 9780762773510
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 151