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29201. Butler, Karen. Nantucket Lights: An Illustrated History of the Island’s Legendary Beacons.

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29201. Butler, Karen. Nantucket Lights: An Illustrated History of the Island’s Legendary Beacons.

29201. Butler, Karen. Nantucket Lights: An Illustrated History of the Island’s Legendary Beacons. Nantucket. 1996. (151 pp. / 148 illus.) DJ. Lavishly illustrated, Nantucket Lights tells the story of the island’s lighthouses and lightships and the men and women who faithfully kept them. This is one of the most comprehensive and attractive books ever done on the lighthouses of Nantucket. Dazzling images including fascinating historic illustrations as well as recent photographs and paintings, and a carefully researched text illuminate an important aspect of Nantucket’s maritime past. Nantucket’s three lighthouses all have fascinating history — little Brant Point Light, which has been rebuilt more than any other American lighthouse; remote Great Point Light, completely destroyed in a storm in 1984 but rebuilt only two years later; and Sankaty Head Light, the famous “Blazing Star.” There’s also an excellent chapter on the Nantucket Lightship. Even if you’ve never been to the “Far Away Island,” this book is a must. (M). $24.95. SALE PRICE $18.95.