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In the work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical information, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents the most detailed background of American lighthouses ever written, telling the storyplot of America through the prism of its much loved coastal sentinels. Set against the background of an growing nation, Outstanding Beacons traces the advancement of America's lighthouse system, highlighting the politics, military, and technical fights fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines. In rollicking information, Dolin treats listeners to a memorable cast of characters, including the penny-pinching Treasury official Stephen Pleasonton, who hamstrung the country's initiatives to adopt the brand new "Fresnel Lens", and presents stories both funny and harrowing of soldiers, saboteurs, ruthless egg collectors, and, most importantly, the light-keepers themselves.

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