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Names: Dolin, Eric Jay, author.
Title: Brilliant beacons : a history of the American lighthouse / Eric Jay Dolin.
Description: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015044089 | ISBN 9780871406682 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Lighthouses—United States—History. | United States. Bureau of Light-Houses—History. | United States. Lighthouse Service—History.
Classification: LCC VK1023.D65 2016 | DDC 387.1/550973—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044089
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