Author: Jonathan P. Marcus
Join Jon Marcus and Susan Cole Kelly on a tour of the lighthouses of New England! This lavishly-illustrated book details the fascinating history of lighthouses in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island, including their technological evolution, the development of fresnel lenses, the architecture and how the lighthouses were built and maintained on remote sites, daily life for the Lighthouse Service keepers, and the movement to preserve and restore lights. Along the way you’ll enjoy excerpts from original keeper’s logs and spend time on the last manned lighthouse in America, Boston Light.
Stunning photography brings the lighthouses to life. Included are images of lights in a variety of light and weather—plus photographs that bring you inside the structures. Traveling the area is easy with visitor information and a comprehensive appendix that lists all the current New England lighthouses.
Susan Cole Kelly is the photographer of Voyageur Press’ Our Boston and is a regular contributor to Boston Magazine’s “New England Travel,” the American Park Network guides to national parks, and the Alaskan Milepost.
Join Jon Marcus and Susan Cole Kelly on a tour of the lighthouses of New England! This lavishly-illustrated book details the fascinating history of lighthouses in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island, including their technological evolution, the development of fresnel lenses, the architecture and how the lighthouses were built and maintained on remote sites, daily life for the Lighthouse Service keepers, and the movement to preserve and restore lights. Along the way you’ll enjoy excerpts from original keeper’s logs and spend time on the last manned lighthouse in America, Boston Light.
Stunning photography brings the lighthouses to life. Included are images of lights in a variety of light and weather—plus photographs that bring you inside the structures. Traveling the area is easy with visitor information and a comprehensive appendix that lists all the current New England lighthouses.
Jon Marcus is the author of Voyageur Press’ Our Boston, and of Unknown New England. A lifelong New Englander, Marcus is a senior editor at Boston Magazine and a U.S. education correspondent for The Times of London.
Susan Cole Kelly is the photographer of Voyageur Press’ Our Boston and is a regular contributor to Boston Magazine’s "New England Travel," the American Park Network guides to national parks, and the Alaskan Milepost.
Format: Softbound
Pages: 160
Length: 8.5w x 11h
ISBN-13: 9780896586178
ISBN: 0896586170
Catalog ID: 141370AP