Guarding New Jersey's Shores

From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, New Jersey's low-lying, sandy coast has been the site of thousands of shipwrecks as ships bound for New York City or Philadelphia foundered on its offshore shoals. To ensure ship's safe passage, a series of lighthouses was built and the U.S. Life-Saving Service was created. Gathered from a wide array of sources, more than 200 historic photographs and documented text combine to create the only illustrated history of the state's 38 lighthouses and 41 life-saving stations.

Guarding New Jersey's Shore - Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations, by David Veasey,Softcover; 128 pages.