CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1Colonial Lights
CHAPTER 2Casualties of War
CHAPTER 3Lights of a New Nation
CHAPTER 4Economy Above All
CHAPTER 5Europeans Take the Lead
CHAPTER 6The “Rule of Ignorant and Incompetent Men”
CHAPTER 7Brighter Lights
CHAPTER 8“Everything Being Recklessly Broken”
CHAPTER 9From Board to Service
CHAPTER 10Keepers and Their Lives
CHAPTER 11Lighthouse Heroes
CHAPTER 12Marvels of Engineering and Construction
CHAPTER 13Of Birds and Eggs
CHAPTER 14A Cruel Wind
CHAPTER 15The New Keepers
Epilogue
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LIGHTHOUSE ORGANIZATIONS
LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUMS
NOTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX