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North Carolina Lighthouses

The Stories Behind the Beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach

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Publisher Description

Of the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These beacons are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. In addition to warning ships to safer waters, they now draw thousands of visitors each year. With this book, cofounders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, human-centered, and beautifully illustrated history of these towering structures. The authors offer stories—including the misadventures of Civil War spies and the threat of looming German U-boats off the North Carolina coast—that provide important context and meaning to the history of North Carolina's lighthouses. From Cape Fear to Currituck Beach, every still-standing lighthouse is lovingly described alongside their architects, builders, and keepers and the sailors who depended on the lighthouses to keep them from harm.

GENRE
Travel & Adventure
RELEASED
2019
March 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
264
Pages
PUBLISHER
The University of North Carolina Press
SELLER
Ingram DV LLC
SIZE
60.9
MB
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