Lighthouses: Here & There (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537040820)

Elinor DeWire has been researching, photographing, and writing about lighthouses since 1972. She has visited, photographed, and researched many lighthouses worldwide and is the author of twenty books and more than 300 articles on the subject. Former Coast Guard historian, Dr. Robert Scheina, calls her "America's most prolific lighthouse author and a driving force behind the recent upsurge in interest in preserving lighthouses and the history and nostalgia surrounding them." DeWire has been honored for her work by the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the American Lighthouse Foundation, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the National League of American Pen Women. Two of her books have won the coveted Ben Franklin Award and the Coast Guard Book Award. She also is the recipient of the Coast Guard's Meritorious Public Service Award. She lives in Connecticut.