Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan (Images of America)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738598836 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wil was raised in Cleveland and sailed the Great Lakes in his youth. . As a child, Pat spent summers with her parents boating and fishing around the Lake Erie Islands and taking boat trips to the Detroit River, Lake St. About the Author Wil and Pat O’Connell have spent the last 20 years photographing and writing about the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Coast, and Florida. Clair, and Lake Huron
Wil was raised in Cleveland and sailed the Great Lakes in his youth. Wil and Pat O’Connell have spent the last 20 years photographing and writing about the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Coast, and Florida. As a child, Pat spent summers with her parents boating and fishing around the Lake Erie Islands and taking boat trips to the Detroit River, Lake
Good Picture Book J. Hohler III It's essentially a picture book for adults -- little in the way of text to speak of. But, honestly, that's not why you read these. You don't read them for stories of how lighthouses were built or ships crashed or whatever -- you read it for the pictures. And that's what it had.. "Five Stars" according to Ted panayotoff. Great book
From the Straits of Mackinac to the Detroit River, Images of America: Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan reveals intriguing stories of lighthouses and the people who depended on them. Which lighthouse was a construction miracle in 1874? And whatever happened to the lost lighthouses of the Detroit River? A collection of the mysteries, storms, fires, and heroics surrounding the lighthouses of eastern Michigan are waiting within.. Readers will enjoy discovering what happened when a large ship fell 20 feet over one of the Soo Locks and the captain commented, “Good-bye Old World,” as well as of a persistent ghost that caused havoc with the Coast Guard