AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION – 2015 Lighthouse Gala Silent Auction
Auction Ends: May 1, 2015 10:00 PM EDT

Books

The Lighthouses of Maine Series (4 books) - Autographed by Author

Item Number
126
Estimated Value
60 USD
Sold
175 USD to bawilbur
Number of Bids
26  -  Bid History

Item Description

New England's foremost maritime historian Jeremy D'Entremont continues his definitive series about the storms, shipwrecks, and heroic lighthouse keepers...Each chapter features a treasury of historic photos and all the stories of the keepers, the storms they battled, and the wrecks they tried valiantly to save.

Winning bidder will receive the complete Lighthouses of Maine Series (4 volumes), each autographed by the author.

Titles include:

  • The Lighthouses of Maine: Southern Maine & Casco Bay...Eleven lights are detailed here, beginning with Whaleback Light, which marks the entrance to Portsmouth, New Hampshire Harbor (it is in Maine waters by a few hundred feet) to Halfway Rock Light, located out in Casco Bay, eight miles east of the entrance to Portland Harbor.
  • The Lighthouses of Maine: Kennebec River to the Midcoast...Fifteen lights are detailed here, beginning with Seguin Light, located on Seguin Island, two-and-a-half miles off the mouth of the Kennebec River, to Marshall Point Light at the entrance to Port Clyde Harbor. The last chapter describes miscellenous lightships and lights that no longer exist
  • The Lighthouses of Maine: Penobscot Bay...Twenty lights are detailed here, beginning with Matinicus Rock Light, located on a granite island at the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, to Saddleback Ledge Light at the southern entrance to East Penobscot Bay.
  • The Lighthouses of Maine: Acadia Region & the Bold Coast...Twenty-two lights are detailed here, beginning with Burnt Coat Harbor Light, on Swan's Island in Blue Hill Bay, to the northernmost lighthouse in the state, Whitlocks Mill Light, located on the St. Croix River near Calais. 

 

Item Special Note

Item will be shipped at the buyer's expense, or they may be picked up at the Gala event in Portsmouth, NH on May 2nd.

Donated By:

Jeremy D'Entremont