{"product_id":"cape-hatteras-lighthouse-mary-e-riddle-9781467106139","title":"Cape Hatteras Lighthouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor over 200 years the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has resolutely cast its light over waters known as the \"Graveyard of the Atlantic,\" shepherding mariners along North Carolina's Outer Banks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1803, construction of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse completed. Standing just shy of 200 feet, it was--and remains--the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States. Due to politics, funding, and its precarious location, it took great effort to erect and protect a lighthouse built on a barrier island. The supporters and caretakers were many, including Alexander Hamilton in the 1700s and children donating coins to a statewide preservation campaign in 1982. Beginning in Augustin-Jean Fresnel's lens laboratory in France and stretching across the Atlantic to the beaches of Hatteras Island where the lighthouse keepers labored, its history is punctuated by war, shipwrecks, hurricanes, and cutting-edge technology. In the 21st century, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse continues to send out its beam to mariners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Ellen Riddle is the education curator at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOuter Banks Shipwrecks: Graveyard of the Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e from Arcadia Publishing. Douglas Stover served as cultural resources manager and historian at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. He retired from the National Park Service in 2013 after 32 years. Stover is an author and editor of several publications, including \u003ci\u003eCape Hatteras National Seashore\u003c\/i\u003e from Arcadia Publishing. The Cape Hatteras National Park Service provided most of the historic images that bring to life the journey of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from an early need to an epic relocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary E. Riddle,Douglas Stover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467106135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467106139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Mary E. Riddle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241304633599,"sku":"9781467106139","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b227546-f03f-4c7f-b182-17209fff3059.jpg?v=1772653780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cape-hatteras-lighthouse-mary-e-riddle-9781467106139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}