{"product_id":"florida-lighthouses-paperback","title":"Florida Lighthouses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Trotter\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery night, from thirty-one points along Florida's thousand-mile coastline, fingers of light reach out through the darkness to guide the ships at sea. Kevin McCarthy has written the most complete guide available to Florida's lighthouses, each entry illustrated with a full-color reproduction of William Trotter's painting of the structure in its turn-of-the-century prime. Devoting several pages to the story of each of the state's lights, McCarthy has collected a remarkable variety of lighthouse legend, anecdote, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume for the first time covers the construction, history, and operations of all thirty of Florida's lighthouses and its one lightship in a most readable book... and outstanding self-guided tour guide. William Trotter's beautiful color painting of each light in its prime will soon make this book a collector's item.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor emeritus of English at the University of Florida. He is the author of editor of many books, including \u003cem\u003eNine Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e More Florida Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Trotter \u003c\/strong\u003e(1931-2023), a registered Coast Guard artist, was president of the American Lighthouse Historical Society and director of a lighthouse museum in Jacksonville Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.97 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49633805893787,"sku":"9780813009933","price":20.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/CNIqGTrRkc9780813009933.webp?v=1790308614","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/florida-lighthouses-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}