Lighthouses, Lightships, and Beacons of Texas - a comprehensive field guide
by Hall, Richard S.
pub by - Pintail Publishing, 519 Bayland Ave. Houston, TX 77009 - pub in 2013, - isbn 9780615290379 - - LCCN = 2013 387098- - - - - The book has 350 illustrations - and some maps - total book length 320 p.
This book is as described in its title. Richard Hall has published an exhaustive study of the various lighthouse and light ship aids to navigation in Texas. It describes the history, the details of the light including the technical details of the actual apparatus. It also describes exactly how to find the light and what you might expect to find, as of date of publication.
If you want to know about these aids to navigation along the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico, this is your book. All 28 major beacons since 1852 are described.
It is heavy on details.
It is also generously and expertly illustrated with many pen and ink illustrations and some photographs.
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