Kevin
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Hudson River Lighthouses & History

From the introduction:

   Often when I told people I was writing this book, they said, "I
didn't know there were lighthouses on the Hudson."
      In fact, there were once 14 lighthouses on the Hudson. Six
were long ago demolished, but eight still remain. One found a
second life as a "bed and breakfast," another is a national
monument visited by thousands of people every day. In this book,
we'll visit all 14, past and present.
      Because the placement of the Hudson's lighthouses may seem
random to modern visitors, we'll also explore the histories of the
places where they were built. After the opening chapters about the
exploration of the Hudson, the development of steamships, and the
building of the Erie Canal, we'll follow the glow of the lights
downriver, from Coxsackie to New York Harbor...

                                      Hudson River Lighthouses & History
                                                                                          $10.95



Trade paperback / 8.5 x 5.5 / 132 pages / b&w photos throughout

Henry Hudson explored the river that now
bears his name in 1609. The arrival of
the steamboat 200 years later, and the
opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, made
the Hudson one of America's busiest
rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the
20th century, more than a dozen
lighthouses guided ships past its islands
and shallows.

HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSES &
HISTORY is an illustrated tour of these
lights, past and present, and of the river
they marked--from its Revolutionary War
battlefields and early industries to
modern-day cities, bridges, and parks.
Cover Photo: Hudson-Athens Lighthouse  Bottom Left: Stony Point Lighthouse
Bottom Right: Kingston (Rondout) Lighthouse
Pictures copyright 2008 by Kevin Woyce.