$26.95

92 pgs. full-color, b&w photos. 2000. Upper elementary, middle school, high school.

For centuries the dangerous waters of North Carolina's Outer Banks have grounded or sunk hundreds of ships. Seafarers needed a strong point of reference to navigate the area successfully, and for the last 130 years the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has been the most-recognized, most-photographed, most-painted, most-visited, most-read-about, and most-admired lighthouse in North America.

With the passing of time, however, the tides have gradually eroded the beach on which the Cape Hatteras sentinel stands, threatening to topple the structure. Thus one of the most daunting engineering tasks imaginable has been undertaken to save the lighthouse and move it safely to a new foundation. To commemorate this event, the authors have prepared this marvelous book illustrated in full-color and with more than 100 black and white photographs and historical diagrams.

Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies

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