{"product_id":"great-american-lighthouses-isbn-9780471143871","title":"Great American Lighthouses","description":"Lighthouses are increasingly endangered by modernization and abandonment. Simple steel skeletons are replacing the picturesque, conical towers, squat screwpiles and Cape Cod styles so much a part of America's maritime history. This traveler's guide to more than 300 of the nation's most significant lighthouses and lightships includes an introductory look at the evolution of lighthouse technology and how these obsolete but beloved structures can be rescued. THE LIGHTHOUSES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e New England.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mid-Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Southeast.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gulf of Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Great Lakes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e West.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Lost Lights and Losing Battles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Ross Holland Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e was an American historian. He is best remembered today for his books on American lighthouses. Holland was born in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia State University in 1949; in 1958 he received a master's degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989308981477,"sku":"NP9780471143871","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471143871.jpg?v=1761783611","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/great-american-lighthouses-isbn-9780471143871","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}