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American Lighthouses: A Definitive Guide 2nd Edition
$21.95
American Lighthouses: A Definitive Guide 2nd Edition. This book tours the beautiful and historic navigational beacons that dot the coasts and lakes of the United States. This guidebook illustrates more than 500 lighthouses, detailing their history and architecture and providing full information on visiting or just viewing them. For lighthouse lovers and maritime history buffs alike, this is the most comprehensive guide to the lighthouses of America. Inside the pages you will find practical information including: Directions to the lights, Details on access and visiting hours, Advice on the best vantage points for viewing and picture taking, and nearby sites of interest.

Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses Ontario, Erie, and Huron 2nd Edition
$19.95
Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses Ontario, Erie, and Huron 2nd Edition. Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses is a fascinating guide to the most significant lighthouses on Lake Ontario, Erie, and Huron. The stories of sixty lighthouses come to life. Each light-from Thirty Mile Point Light on Lake Ontario to Imperial Towers on the Canadian side of Lake Huron-tells a story of survival against the elements. Learn the rich history behind these majestic sentinels, and about visiting them. This book includes practical information, including: a regional map showing the location of each light, directions to the lights, details on access and visiting hours, and advice on the best vantage points for viewing and picture-taking.

Escape from Someday Isle: Articles, Tips, Letters and Photos from the Bible of Onboard Living: The Best of Living Aboard
$18.00
Escape from Someday Isle: Articles, Tips, Letters and Photos from the Bible of Onboard Living: The Best of Living Aboard. Anyone who hopes to live aboard or cruise full time someday will want to talk to others who have already lived this dream. If you're planning, hoping or dreaming of a live aboard lifestyle, this is one book you don't want to miss. With this book you can learn what it's like to simplify your life to live aboard a boat. It's a how-to guide, but also a manual on recognizing and setting life's true priorities.

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Lighthouses of New York Greater New York Harbor Hudson River & Long Island
$15.95
Lighthouses of New York Greater New York Harbor Hudson River & Long Island. From the late 18th through the early 20th centuries, lighthouses served as primary aids in navigation for mariners transporting cargo and people along our busy waterways. They helped ships reach their destinations safely, thus enabling maritime commerce and travel to flourish as our country expanded. Today mariners rely more on sophisticated electronic navigation systems and less on lighthouses to guide them safely into port. The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to all the remaining lights in the waters of New York Harbor, the Hudson River, and Long Island, and show their diversity. Most of the lights are currently active aids to navigation, working in concert with modern electronic navigation.

Images of America: Alexandria Bay
$19.99
Images of America: Alexandria Bay. Alexandria Bay reveals a place that is blessed with extraordinary natural beauty, great fishing, fine resorts, and myriad entertainments. Located in the heart of the Thousand Islands, Alexandria Bay-a preeminent tourist destination for vistors from all nations. Positioned on the St. Lawrence River, the natural border between Canada and the United States. Surveyed as a potential shipping port in 1804, the area was not settled until after the War of 1812. The business of tourism, which to this day constitutes the primary occupation of the village.

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The Boating Companion: All you Need To Know For Life On The Water
$19.95
The Boating Companion: All you Need To Know For Life On The Water. Your step-by-step guide to: Planning, Packing, Equipment, Clothing, Weather, Sea Life, Signaling, Navigation, First Aid, Cooking, Troubleshooting and more! This is the only book you will ever need for life on board a boat. Whether you're sailing on the open sea, having fun on a lake, or cruising down a river, you'll find plenty of advice, techniques, recipes, tips, skills and things to do to keep you informed and entertained. Simple and concise enough for beginners, it's also a valuable source book of essential information for seasoned sailors. Plus the unique zipper enclosure and splash-proof plastic cover make it as rugged as you are. Everything you need is in this handy guide, so if your going boating, sailing, canoeing, or rafting, don't leave home without it.

Great Lakes Lighthouses Bright Lights, Dark Nights
$19.95
Great Lakes Lighthouses Bright Lights, Dark Nights. On both sides of the American and Canadian border experience the beauty and rich history of lightkeeping on the Great Lakes. Elaborate shipping networks were created by early settlers because of the rugged rocks and vast forests of the Great lakes region. The remarkable stone, brick and wood lighthouses in this book were erected to light the night and guide lakefarers in their schooners, steamers, brigs, barques, and sloops. Many of these noble structures have fallen into disrepair or have been torn down in the name of progress, but the surviving lights have become monuments to an exciting period in our history and points of pilgrimage for millions.

Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay
$19.95
Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay. Our nation, when in its infancy, owed much of its prosperity to light-houses, which were constructed thanks to the unwavering vision of President George Washington. When he first swore his oath of office, only a dozen lights safeguarded our coastline. Within ten years, that number had more than doubled. Maintaining the general's spirit, Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses takes readers on more than just a regional tour; it traces the beginnings of our country and the role lighthouses played in that drama. Built in 1797 under direct orders from Washington, Long Island's Montauk Point Light provided countless immigrants with their first sight of America and has become a lasting symbol of freedom. Descriptions of forty-nine lighthouses (and four lightships) include, for lights open to the public, driving directions and details on visiting. Together with striking photographs and regional locator maps, these profiles offer a comprehensive examination of awe-inspiring Mid-Atlantic landmarks.

Staying at A Lighthouse: America's Romantic and Historic Lighthouse Inns 2nd Edition
$11.95
Staying at A Lighthouse: America's Romantic and Historic Lighthouse Inns 2nd Edition. Staying at a lighthouse takes you on a guided tour of more than two dozen towers that welcome you to spend the night. This book highlights brief histories of the lights and their surrounding areas, descriptions of the accommodations and what you can expect, directions, seasons of operation, rates, and more. From romantic bed-and-breakfast inns to rustic and remote towers to keepers' quarters well-suited for families and groups, these unique overnight havens provide some of the most sought after lodgings in the country. A handful even allows to perform various keeper's duties-raising the flag, recording the weather, and other odd jobs-to help maintain the properties. All provide spectacular scenery, historic surroundings, and a rare opportunity to experience the serenity and simplicity of a keeper's life.

Lighthouses Watchers at Sea
$15.95
Lighthouses Watchers at Sea. As early as 280 B.C., the Egyptian lighthouse known as the Pharos stood guard over the Mediterranean. since then, a single lighthouse has often been the sole source of assistance to storm-blown travelers on the high seas. Against impossible odds, lighthouse architects and keepers have risked their lives in the creation and maintenance of these awesome structures. This book highlights the history of lighthouses-from the struggle to build invincible towers, through the heroic rescues of lost ships and drowned sailors, to the haunted tales surrounding these isolated structures.

Day Hikes For All Seasons: An Adirondack Sampler
$11.95
Day Hikes For All Seasons: An Adirondack Sampler. An Adirondack Sampler: Day Hikes for all Seasons decribes a cross section of hikes in all kinds of terrain, in all regions of the Adirondacks. For those who have little knowledge of the area, this book is the ideal traveler's companion to some of the nicest places that can be reached easily on foot in the six-million-acre Adirondack Park. For those who know the Adirondacks well, the sampler serves as a reintroduction to old but forgotten favorites. Each hike description includes round-trip distances, practical advice, elevation changes, and map references, and most of the trips can be completed in six hours or less. This book is a favorite with beginner hikers, family outing enthusiasts, and winter snowshoers.

New York State Splendor
$24.95
New York State Splendor. Explore western New York's waterfalls and whirlpools, The Finger Lakes glens and fog-shrouded lakes, Central area farms and the Catskill's white sandstone cliffs. View the Hudson Valley's ornate gardens, and fall scenery along the Hudson River. Tour large parks and gardens in New York City and spectacular beaches, lighthouses, and wildlife refuges on Long Island. Visit tempting county roads and castles in the 1000 islands. view rugged beauty of the Adirondack Mountains with spectacular waterfalls and vistas. Enjoy this mosaic of moods and majesty that is New York State Splendor.

Seaway Trail: Lighthouses 4th Edition
$5.95
Seaway Trail: Lighthouses 4th Edition. The scenic Seaway Trail and its historic lighthouses on the trail, 504 miles in length, follows four major waterways in upstate New York and Pennsylvania-Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The Seaway Trail, already America's longest designated National Recreation Trail for mixed travel uses, became one of America's Byways in September 1996. The Seaway Trail is suitable for driving, motorcoach touring, bicycling, and pleasure boating. Conveniently accessible to the New York State Canal Recreastionway system, boaters can reach and explore the Seaway Trail from any of the Great Lakes as well as from New York City and Montreal.

Best Bike Rides New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania: Road Rides For The Serious Cyclist
$13.95
Best Bike Rides New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania: Road Rides For The Serious Cyclist. Follow river gorges, mountain ridges, and the coastline on these thirty-two spectacular bicycle tours in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This guidebook features rides for all levels of bicyclists. Select from shorter rambles, moderate cruises, and longer challenges to find the ride that suits your mood. Enjoy views of vineyards and the ocean on the Strawberries and Wine Cruise in New York. Bring your fishing rod for the Raritan River Gorge Ramble in New Jersey. Ride past numerous historical sites in the Endless Mountains Challenge in Pennsylvania. Each ride profile includes detailed mile-by-mile directions, a map, descriptions of what you'll see along the way, safety tips, and information about the availability of food and services.

Images of America: Greater Syracuse A Twentieth-Century Album Onondaga Historical Association
$18.99
Images of America: Greater Syracuse A Twentieth-Century Album Onondaga Historical Association. The Syracuse area has always had its own distinct character, defined in early years by its salt manufacturing, and in later years by its railroads, architecture, diverse industry, and great sports moments. In the early 1900s, like many American communities, greater Syracuse was transformed by the arrival of the automobile, the influx of new immigrants, and the changes brought about by the widespread availability of electricity. This book compiles a photographic album depicting the Syracuse area's progress throughout the 1900s.

Images of America: Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association
$18.99
Images of America: Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association. With Syracuse, readers can explore the architecture, lifestyles, landscapes, and transportation modes of this city from before the Civil War to the mid-1970s. Other intriguing discoveries include a series of views showcasing the lost mansions of James Street, images of the main line New York Central Railroad tracks that ran through the middle of downtown for one hundred years, and scenes of the former salt manufacturing industry which once defined Syracuse as it is still known today-"The Salt City." Over 200 photographs in this many have never been published before, have been drawn exclusive photograph archives maintained by the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA). Operating both as a public museum and research center, OHA serves as Syracuse and Onondaga County's primary historical agency.

Trails With Tales: History Hikes through the Capital Region, Saratoga, Berkshires, Catskills & Hudson Valley
$17.95
Trails With Tales: History Hikes through the Capital Region, Saratoga, Berkshires, Catskills & Hudson Valley. Thirty nature treks, selected for their natural, stand-alone beauty, are enhanced by tangible silhouettes of a fascinating past, from early Native Americans and Colonial settlers to the Industrial Revolution and Victorian-era grand hotels. Hikes to waterfalls, mountains, escarpments, lakes, sculpted rocks, ponds, rivers, islands, caves, balanced rocks, geysers, and deep gorges while visiting the sites of famous battles of the Revolutionary War, ghostly industrial ruins, a Moorish-style castle, views and vistas made world-famous by America's greatest painters, vanished Shaker communities, great estates of the "Gilded Age," a working lighthouse, and "New York's Mount Rushmore."

Cruising Americas Waterways: An Excellent and Practical Guide to Using New York State's Canal DVD
$22.99
Cruising Americas Waterways: An Excellent and Practical Guide to Using New York State's Canal DVD. An Excellent and Practical Guide to Using New York State's Canals. If you love boats, and want to travel New York State's Canal System, this program has all the information you'll need. With a focus on boating safety, nationally acclaimed author, athlete, and TV personality Tim Green explores New York's Canals with Captain Marc, crew member Nancy, lockmaster Bill, NYS Troopers, US Coast Guard Auxiliary Examiners, marina and cruise operators. This is an entertaining and useful guide.

The Erie Canal: Exploring New York's Great Canals; Includes Oswego, Cayuga-Seneca & Champlain Canals
$19.95
The Erie Canal: Exploring New York's Great Canals; Includes Oswego, Cayuga-Seneca & Champlain Canals. The story of the 363-Erie Canal, completed in 1825, is a tale of achieving the impossible. This first water link between the Atlantic seaboard and the Great Lakes was a marvel: it opened new vistas, changed lives, and forever changed New York State and the entire Nation. Today, the Erie Canal has been rediscovered, reenergized, and declared a National Heritage Corridor. It takes boaters, bikers, and walkers back in time to a slower, more reflective era even as it connects small New York towns with the waterways of the world. Each chapter details the area's history, lodging, restaurants, culture, recreation, and shopping with an emphasis on key historic sites, museums, attractions, and parks. As in all Great Destinations guides, this book has more than 100 photographs and many detailed maps help you plan a memorable trip.