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This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State. Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.
About the Author
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, New Zealand, and Australia and is the author of over twenty books and more than 250 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, the U.S. Coast Guard, 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. In 2015, the Coast Guard Thirteenth District presented DeWire with the Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award. DeWire also has written three books on amateur astronomy. She writes novels under the pen name, J.J. Scott. She lived in the Puget Sound area of Washington for many years and taught at Olympic College. Today, she lives in Connecticut and is retired from teaching. She continues writing from an office that overlooks an oak and beech forest. Her desk is strewn with books and papers, where two lazy cats like to sprawl.Author Website: www.ElinorDeWire.com.Author Blog: elinordewire.blogspot.comAuthor Facebook Page: "Elinor DeWire, Author"Twitter: @ElinorDeWirePinterest Boards: Search for "Elinor DeWire"Lighthouse Books by Elinor DeWire:Lighthouses Here & ThereGuide to Florida LighthousesGuardians of the Lights: Stories of U.S. Lighthouse KeepersThe Lighthouse Keeper's ScrapbookThe Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at LighthousesLighthouses: Sentinels of the American CoastLighthouses of the Mid-AtlanticLighthouses of the SouthLighthouse Victuals & VerseThe Lighthouse AlmanacSentries along the ShoreField Guide to the Lighthouses of the New England CoastThe Lighthouses of GreeceThe Lighthouse Activity Book for KidsFlorida Lighthouses for KidsThe DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of California, Oregon, & WashingtonAstronomy/Sky Books:Activities for Young AstronomersReach for the SkyThe Florida Nighte-Books:The Funky Chicken: Memories, Truth & TriviaLighthouses of GeorgiaLighthouses of New HampshireLighthouses of PennsylvaniaSojourn at the LighthouseUnder pen name J.J. Scott:Saving Lord MDr. Bellamy's Broken WifeAuthor Website:www.ElinorDeWire.comAuthor Blog:elinordewire.blogspot.com