Description: "What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses--a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." --Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages
Brief description:
Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including Left for Dead; Black Flags, Blue Waters; and Leviathan. His books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award; and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; and he was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.
Review Quotes: A fascinating incidental history of the U.S...War and peace, economic boom and bust, technocratic muddles and political power-plays all come under his scrutiny, with illuminating, Fresnel-worthy results.--Michael Upchurch "Seattle Times"