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.
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..
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.
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.
In addition to warning ships to safer waters, they now draw thousands of visitors each year.
These Beacons are cherished monuments of North Carolina history.
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
