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Lighthouses of New England: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut (East Coast)
Lighthouses of New England Your Guide to the Lighthouses of Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut - East Coast Author:Jon Marcus Lighthouses of New England is both an exciting history and a tour guide, illustrating the fascinating development of the lighthouses of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island. Marcus and Kelly explain and show the technological evolution of lighthouses, the development of lights and lenses, the a... more »rchitecture of lighthouses, their construction and maintenance on remote sites, the life of the Lighthouse Service keepers, and the movement today to preserve and restore lights. Also included are excerpts from original logs and a descriptive tour of the last manned lighthouse in America, Boston Light, with its three resident Coast Guardsmen and their dog. Kelly's stunning photography includes intriguing images of lights in all kinds of weather--plus photographs that bring readers inside the structures, showing the curling stairways, lenses, keepers' homes, and more.« less