North Carolina Lighthouses: The Stories Behind the Beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach - Softcover

Cheryl Shelton-Roberts (author) & Bruce Roberts (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469641488 ISBN 13: 9781469641485

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019

Synopsis

Of the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These beacons are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. In addition to warning ships to safer waters, they now draw thousands of visitors each year. With this book, cofounders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, human-centered, and beautifully illustrated history of these towering structures. The authors offer stories-including the misadventures of Civil War spies and the threat of looming German U-boats off the North Carolina coast-that provide important context and meaning to the history of North Carolina's lighthouses. From Cape Fear to Currituck Beach, every still-standing lighthouse is lovingly described alongside their architects, builders, and keepers and the sailors who depended on the lighthouses to keep them from harm.

About this title

Review:

A treasure trove of information. . . . A useful guide for anyone who wants to include a visit to a lighthouse (or several) in a trip to [North Carolina's] coast.--Greensboro News & Record

About the Author:

Cheryl Shelton-Roberts is a historian, author, and former teacher. Bruce Roberts is a photographer and the author of Plantation Homes of the James River. Together, they have authored several books on lighthouses in North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1469641488
• ISBN 13: 9781469641485
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256