lighthouses

THE FABLED REEF LIGHTS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ARE THE FIRST LINKS OF A CHAIN OF JEWEL-LIKE BEACONS FORMING A 3,000 MILE SEMICIRCLE FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. BOTH ON AND OFF THE TREACHEROUS SWAMPS, MARSHES, AND BARRIER ISLANDS THAT LINE THE SHORES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO STAND MANY OF AMERICAS MOST BEAUTIFUL, HISTORIC, AND RICHLY STORIED LIGHTHOUSES. EXPOSED TO POWERFUL GALES AND HURRICANES AND UNDERCUT BY GALLOPING EROSION, THEY ARE ALSO AMONG OUR NATIONS MOST THREATENED COASTAL TREASURES. PAYS TRIBUTE TO THESE LIFESAVING BEACONS THAT STAND ON THIS STRETCH OF CONSTANTLY SHIFTING LANDFALLS AND DETAILS THE HISTORY, LORE, AND DISASTERS THEY HAVE WITNESSED AND ENDURED.

Describes the life of a 19th cenury lighthouse family at Point Loma Lighthouse, one of the first built along the Pacific coast of the United States.

Summary: A history of these early beacons of American civilization, as well as lighthouses of the present time.

In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship.

Describes the founding and operation of more than two hundred famous lighthouses located along United States coastal and inland waterways.

Contains twenty-eight stories of lighthouse hauntings throughout the United States.

In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off thecoast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie mustkeep the lights burning by herself.

In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state.

In this story of the boxcar children, the Aldens get involved in questions about a boy's unusual behavior after they rent a lighthouse.

After her grandfather's funeral, Sarah wakes her father in the middle of the night so they can go to the lighthouse her grandfather loved and remember other night-time visits there.