Maine Lighthouses: A Pictorial Guide

by Courtney Thompson, Wesley A. Shaw

This book is the most complete and comprehensive guide to the lighthouses of Maine. Available in soft or hard cover edition, this newly updated guide offers more than 400 color photographs (multiple images of each lighthouse), history, legend, lore, directions and maps. Lights in neighboring coastal New Hampshire and Campobello Island, New Brunswick (Canada) also are included. Selected historic postcard reproductions offer a glimpse into days past when all lightstations were manned and active. The Maine coast is divided into sections or "chapters" with a listing of tour/excursion boats and lighthouse organizations appended.

128 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Ken]

This book has an unbelievable amount of information for the lighthouse enthusiast. Each lighthouse of Maine is given from one to three pages each, with up to 10 photos of each light, plus a map, brief history, directions how to get there, how to get a water view, etc. This is undoubtedly overkill for most people, but invaluable for the true enthusiast. My only gripe: the graphic design is uninspired, and most photos are only 2×3 or so. Perhaps fewer, larger photos would have been better.