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Guide to Florida Lighthouses, Third Edition - Softcover

Elinor DeWire

 
9781683340201: Guide to Florida Lighthouses, Third Edition

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Elinor DeWire is an author, educator, and a charter member of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. She has been researching, photographing, lecturing, and writing about lighthouses since 1973. Elinor has published seventeen books and numerous articles about lighthouses and related maritime topics. She has been a regular contributor to the U.S. Lighthouse Society’s Keeper's Log since it began publication in 1984, writes a lighthouse blog and also contributes to several lighthouse newsletters. In the early 1990s she developed a lighthouse unit for her elementary classroom and eventually turned it into a consumable book called The Lighthouse Activity Book for Kids. Elinor has received numerous awards for her work, including the Coast Guard Book Award, the Ben Franklin Book Award, and the National League of American Pen Women Short Fiction Award. She has served on the boards of directors for several lighthouse groups, including the Keepers of Point Robinson Lighthouse and the New Dungeness Light Station Association. Elinor is a popular public speaker and also visits schools and youth groups to talk about lighthouses. When not working on lighthouse-related projects, she teaches at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington. She holds an M.A. in Education from the University of Connecticut.

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