ISBN 0-931675-01-4
(A History of the Beacons Which Have Illuminated the Approaches to Casco Bay and Portland Since 1791)
By Peter Dow Bachelder
128 pages, 75 photographs, map, bibliography and index. $12.50
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Lighthouses &
Lightships of Casco Bay (A History of the Beacons Which Have Illuminated the Approaches to Casco Bay and Portland Since 1791) By Peter Dow Bachelder 128 pages, 75 photographs, map, bibliography and index. $12.50 |
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"Keeping The Lights" is a phrase that conjures images of welcome and safety, terrible storms and shipwrecks, bravery and heroism, as well as romance and nostalgia for these beacons and sentinels standing proud and familiar along the coast.
Although the age of lighthouse keepers is gone forever, Peter Dow Bachelder effectively brings this age alive, through words and pictures chronicling people and events in the development and history of Maine's Casco Bay lighthouses and lightships.
The reader will gain a new understanding of the importance of Casco Bay lighthouses and lightships in the larger context of Maine's maritime history and the advancing technologies used by the United States navigational aids system.
"A good read! This impressive and invaluable book tells all there is to know about the guiding lights of Casco Bay." --Mason Philip Smith, Author, Confederates Downeast
Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
Index
"The Lighthouses & Lightships of Casco Bay is a welcome publication for lighthouse enthusiasts. It is the most comprehensive guide to the many historically and architecturally significant light-houses and lightships of Casco Bay." --Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Peter Dow Bachelder has written compellingly about Maine for over thirty years, as the editor of several travel publications and as the author of scores of feature articles about Maine's history and attractions for a variety of publications.
He has chronicled more than one hundred narratives and tales concerning Maine's rich and fascinating maritime history.
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