TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grant,R.G.
TI  - Lighthouse: an illuminating history of the world's coastal sentinels 
SN  - 9780316414470
U1  - 387.155 23
KW  - Lighthouses
KW  - History
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Landmarks & Monuments
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Oceania
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Pictorials
KW  - fast
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Prologue: The saga of the Eddystone light -- Wonders of the world : a brief history of the lighthouse -- Defying the elements : the perilous business of lighthouse building -- A light in the darkness : the evolution of lights and lenses -- Keepers of the light : splendors and miseries of the lighthouse crews -- Epilogue: The end of an era
N2  - "Lighthouse captures the romance of these isolated, life-saving towers in words and contemporary images, along with the inventiveness and incredible feats of engineering it took to create them. This stunning visual exploration features 100 of the most innovative and beautiful lighthouses built during seafaring's golden age, from 1700-1900"--Back cover
ER  -