Description: New England's foremost maritime historian Jeremy D'Entremont continues his definitive series about the storms, shipwrecks, and heroic lighthouse keepers of the region with The Lighthouses of Maine: Penobscot Bay. Twenty lights are detailed here, beginning with Matinicus Rock Light, located on a granite island at the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, to Saddleback Ledge Light at the southern entrance to East Penobscot Bay. Each chapter features a treasury of historic photos and all the stories of the keepers, the storms they battled, and the wrecks they tried valiantly to save.
Brief description: Jeremy D'Entremont has been writing about and photographing lighthouses for two decades. Webmaster of New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.lighthouse.cc, he is founder and president of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, a board member of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and a writer for Lighthouse Digest magazine. A native of Lynn, Massachusetts, he lives with his wife, Charlotte Raczkowski, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.