Legendary Lighthouses, Volume: 2 [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Like the companion book to the first PBS Legendary Lighthouses series, this lavishly illustrated volume celebrates America's treasured coastal beacons and explores the nature of our love for them. From Honolulu to the Aleutian Islands, Galveston to Lake Ontario, it takes you on location to some of the most beautiful places in America and through the doors of the beloved old towers that for generations have guarded our shores. Paralleling the second, all-new PBS series, this book picks up where the first one ended and completes the dramatic story of America's lighthouses.Meet dozens of delightful characters -- former lighthouse keepers, children of keepers, authors and historians with a passionate story to tell, local people working to preserve lighthouses, and even lighthouse B&B hosts -- and find out what they have to say about the lighthouses in their lives. Read stories of solitude, heroism, daring rescues, unpredictable and deadly storms, and fascinating history. Travel to the enchanting beaches of Hawaii, the treacherous shores of the Gulf of Mexico's "Hurricane Alley", the surprising beauty and magnitude of the Eastern Great Lakes, and the rugged and dangerous coast of Alaska.Each chapter is filled with stunning color photographs taken during filming of the television series and offering glimpses of these spectacular locations, often from vantage points that are not commonly accessible. These images, together with the fascinating stories and colorful personalities, bring each location to life and teach us what makes these isolated stretches of coastline so compelling and unique.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Like the companion book to the first PBS Legendary Lighthouses series, this lavishly illustrated volume celebrates America's treasured coastal beacons and explores the nature of our love for them. From Honolulu to the Aleutian Islands from Galveston to Lake Erie, this book takes you to some of the most beautiful places in America and through the doors of beloved beacons that for generations have guarded our shores. Paralleling the second, all-new PBS series, Legendary Lighthouses, Volume II, continues the journey along the lighthouse trail, picking up where the first volume ended and completing the dramatic story of America's lights.Stunning color photographs, many taken during filming of the television series, offer glimpses of the spectacular locations of the lights. These images, together with heroic tales, unpredictable storms, dramatic stories of solitude, and colorful personalities, bring to life each lighthouse, each landscape, and all the history that makes these towers true American treasures. (8 1/2 x 11, 208 pages, color photos)