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Brilliant beacons a history of the American lighthouse Cover Image CD Audiobook

Brilliant beacons [sound recording] : a history of the American lighthouse / Eric Jay Dolin.

Dolin, Eric Jay, (author.). Perkins, Tom, (narrator.). Tantor Media, Inc. (Added Author).

Summary:

Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation, this book traces the evolution of America's lighthouse system from its earliest days, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines. Beginning with "Boston Light," America's first lighthouse, the author shows how the story of America, from colony to regional backwater, to fledging nation, and eventually to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781515901358
  • ISBN: 1515901351
  • Physical Description: 11 audio discs : CD-audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Place of publication not identified : Tantor Media, Inc., [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Colonial lights -- Casualties of war -- Lights of a new nation -- Economy above all -- Europeans take the lead -- The "rule of ignorant and incompetent men" -- Brighter lights -- "Everything being recklessly broken" -- From board to service -- Keepers and their lives -- Lighthouse heroes -- Marvels of engineering -- And construction -- Of birds and eggs -- A cruel wind -- The new keepers -- Epilogue -- Lighthouse organizations -- Lighthouse museums.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Tom Perkins.

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Statesville Main Library CDB 387.155097 DOL (Text) 33114017575028 Adult Audiobook Nonfiction Available -