The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: California, Oregon and Washington

The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: California, Oregon and Washington

This guidebook, now in a second, expanded edition, is a roundup of the existing lighthouses along the Pacific Coast of the United States lighthouses in California, Oregon, and Washington. Most West Coast sentinels still exhibit a beacon each night, while a few serve only as daymarks. Many are favorite destinations for travelers. Their images appear on city seals, business logos, tourist brochures, media advertisements, and a plethora of souvenirs available in gift shops. Included are maps and brief histories of lighthouse development in each state. Existing individual lighthouses are profiled by state in a south-to-north geographic listing, including details such as nearest town, historical facts of interest, directions for finding the lighthouse, and contacts for further information. Here and there I ve sprinkled a few interesting sidebars to provide glimpses into the deeper story of lighthouses. I hope these snapshots of history, along with the individual lighthouse entries, will encourage you to travel to the sentinels of the Pacific Coast. Elinor DeWire has been researching, photographing, and writing about lighthouses since 1972. She has visited more than eight hundred sentinels in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia and is the author of sixteen books and more than 150 articles on the subject. Former Coast Guard historian, Dr. Robert Scheina, calls her America s most prolific lighthouse author and a driving force behind the recent upsurge in interest in preserving lighthouses and the history and nostalgia surrounding them. DeWire has been honored for her work by the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the American Lighthouse Foundation, and the National League of American Pen Women. Two of her books have won the coveted Ben Franklin Award and the Coast Guard Book Award. She lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington and teaches at Olympic College. Her husband, Jonathan, a retired navy officer, and her two grown children, Jessica and Scott, have fond memories of the family s many travels to lighthouses. Used Book in Good Condition