Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2006. 4to. 11-3/16" x 8-3/4". 448 pp. include extensive index and bibliography. Color photos of the lighthouses. Fore-edge color coded index dividing book into sections for each of the five lakes and divisions for Canadian side and American side of each lake. This book is in tight, clean and very good to fine condition. Dust jacket also is fine but the protective glassine is affixed with some adhesive to the paste down endpapers. I think they can be gently lifted without damage to endpapers but I do not want to try. There is one abraided spot at the bottom of the front free endpaper where a label has been removed. Otherwise the whole is very good to near fine./This book weighs over 4 lb. so a little extra shipping may be charged.. The result of more than fifteen years of research and interviews, this comprehensive full-color encyclopedia features more than 650 lighthouses located on both the American and the Canadian sides of all five Great Lakes. As we drive along their shores today, these lakes may appear easy to navigate. but swift currents, hidden reefs and shoals, shifting sandbars, uncharted passages, and fierce, fast-moving storms made early navigation a mariner's nightmare. Tales of tragedy and triumph abound in this remarkable work. Though numerous regional lighthouse books have been written, this outstanding volume is the first to capture lighthouse history throughout the Great Lakes.