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North Carolina lighthouses : the stories behind the beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach Cover Image Book

North Carolina lighthouses : the stories behind the beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach / Cheryl Shelton-Roberts & Bruce Roberts ; foreword by Ray Jones.

Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl, 1950- (author.). Jones, Ray, 1948- (writer of introduction.). Roberts, Bruce, 1930-2023 (author.).

Summary:

"Of the over four dozen lighthouse that once dotted the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These remaining beacons, though technically obsolete, are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. Instead of warning ships to safer waters, their presence now draws thousands of visitors each year, from historians to tourists. With this book, co-founders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, heavily illustrated, and human-centered history of these towering structures"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781469641485
  • ISBN: 1469641488
  • Physical Description: x, 252 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, facsimiles ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Revised & expanded edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Lighting North Carolina's coastline -- The second Bald Head Island Lighthouse and other Cape Fear lights -- Ocracoke Island Lighthouse and its neighbors -- Fresnel lenses refocus tower lights -- The second Cape Lookout Lighthouse -- The third Bodie Island Lighthouse -- North Carolina lighthouses, 1861-1865 -- The second Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: the move of the century -- Light vessels and a new type of offshore tower: working off the grid -- Currituck Beach Light Station: lighting the way to living history -- Facelifts in old age: restoration efforts and changing roles for North Carolina's lights.

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Subject: Lighthouses > North Carolina > History.
Lighthouses > North Carolina > Pictorial works.
Genre: Illustrated works.

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