Guide to Florida Lighthouses

by Elinor DeWire

Overview

This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State.

Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683340201
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/15/2018
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,052,219
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Elinor DeWire has been researching and writing about lighthouses for more than forty years. She is the author of many books and articles about lighthouses and has received numerous awards for her work, including the Ben Franklin Book Award, the Coast Guard Book Award, the National League of Pen Women Award for Short Fiction, and the Coast Guard's Meritorious Public Service Award. She serves as the Education Chair for the U.S. Lighthouse Society. A retired teacher and college professor, DeWire lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Amelia Island Lighthouse 21

St.Johns River and Mayport Lighthouse 27

St.Augustine Lighthouse 33

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse 39

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse 47

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 53

Hillsboro Lighthouse 59

Cape Florida Lighthouse 63

The Reef Lighthouses 69

Key West Lighthouse 81

Tortugas Harbor Lighthouse 87

Dry Tortugas Lighthouse 93

Sanibel Island Lighthouse 97

Port Boca Grande Lighthouse 101

Gasparilla Island Lighthouse 107

Egmont Key Lighthouse 111

Anclote Keys Lighthouse 117

Cedar Keys Lighthouse 123

St. Mark's Lighthouse 127

Crooked River Lighthouse 133

Cape St. George Lighthouse 137

Cape San Blas Lighthouse 143

St. Joseph Point Lighthouse 149

Pensacola Lighthouse 153

Index 157