Gulf Coast Lighthouses: Florida Keys to the Rio Grande (Lighthouse Series) - Softcover

Roberts, Bruce; Jones, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762701838 ISBN 13: 9780762701834

Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Beautiful photographs, maps, and descriptions of the fabled reef lights forming a 3,000-mile semicircle from Key West, Florida, to Corpus Christi, Texas.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The fabled reef lights of the Florida Keys are the first links of a chain of jewel-like beacons forming a 3,000-mile semicircle from Key West, Florida, to Corpus Christi, Texas. Both on and off the treacherous swamps, marshes, and barrier islands that line the shores of the Gulf of Mexico stand many of America's most beautiful, historic, and richly-storied lighthouses. Exposed to powerful gales and hurricanes and undercut by galloping erosion, they are also among our nation's most threatened coastal treasures. Gulf Coast Lighthouses pays tribute to these lifesaving beacons that stand on this stretch of constantly shifting landfalls and details the history, lore, and disasters they have witnessed and endured. Bruce Roberts is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Sports Illustrated, and Time-Life Books. He was director of photography at Southern Living magazine. Ray Jones has served as editor for Time-Life Books, founding editor of Albuquerque Living magazine, senior editor and writing coach at Southern Living magazine, and publisher of Country Roads Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0762701838
• ISBN 13: 9780762701834
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 92