From Guiding Lights to Beacons for Business: The Many Lives of Maine`s Lighthouses 9780884483380

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Автор: W. H. Bunting, Thomas Andrew Denenberg, Timothy Harrison, Kirk F. Mohney
Название: From Guiding Lights to Beacons for Business: The Many Lives of Maine`s Lighthouses
ISBN: 9780884483380
Издательство: Marston Book Services
Классификация:

Архитектура

История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Антиквариат и предметы коллекционирования: книги, рукописи, предметы недолговременного использования и печатная продукция

Транспорт: вопросы, представляющие общий интерес

Краеведение

ISBN-10: 088448338X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 198
Вес: 1.18 кг.
Дата издания: 19.08.2012
Язык: English
Размер: 277 x 211 x 20
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: An iconic feature of the Maine coast (and in a few places inland), lighthouses have served as important navigational aids but also as tourist attractions, art subjects, and advertising symbols. This lavishly illustrated third volume in Historic New Englands visual history series explores the lives and legends of lighthouse keepers, shares tales of maritime disasters, examines the architecture of lighthouses, and discusses efforts to preserve lighthouses themselves. It also explains how Maines lighthouses have inspired myriad forms of representation, from paintings, photographs, and childrens stories to tabletop models and all sorts of practical bric-a-brac. The lights were key to the development of the tourist trade in Maine (beyond facilitating safe landings), and they are a ubiquitous symbol on corporate logos, advertisements, souvenirs, and collectibles--from the past to the present. The ten chapters are from a variety of contributors, and each chapter is richly illustrated with photographs and ephemera culled from private and public collections. Dynamically designed with fold-out covers, this book is indeed a treasure-trove of lighthouse information and images. Edited by RICHARD CHEEK, the book features contributions by W. H. BUNTING, maritime historian; THOMAS ANDREW DENENBERG, director of the Shelburne Museum; TIMOTHY HARRISON, editor of Lighthouse Digest magazine; KIRK F. MOHNEY, assistant director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission; DAVID RICHARDS, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Library; and EARLE G. SHETTLEWORTH, Jr., director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and Maine State Historian.

From Guiding Lights to Beacons for Business: The Many Lives of Maine`s Lighthouses, W. H. Bunting, Thomas Andrew Denenberg, Timothy Harrison, Kirk F. Mohney