Wayne Kirklin's Lightships Book Now Available
10/1/2007
Wayne Kirklin's book, Lightships - Floating Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic is now available directly from OMMF. Wayne will generously donate 100% of all book sale profits to OMMF. To order a signed copy, please send a check for $23.00 (which includes shipping and handling) made out to the Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation (OMMF) to: Wayne Kirklin, 11 Autumnwood way, Lewes, DE 19958. Please note on your check that it is for the Lightships book. The book will also be available at the Overfalls Ship's Store, whenever it is open.
If you prefer to order online with your credit card, you may use our "Membership/Donation" secure online form to charge the $23.00 (type in $23 on the "Bring Her Home" Donation Amount line), but you MUST type in "Wayne Kirklin's Lightships Book" in the "COMMENTS" section on the form if you want to receive your book! (Otherwise our Treasurer will treat the amount as a donation.) Of course, any additional donation to OMMF will be very much appreciated as well! (Please note: Only $10.00 of the $23.00 book charge is eligible as an IRS tax deductible donation - the rest pays for the book publisher and the postage. Any additional donation is 100% deductible, since OMMF is a registered non-profit organization.)
Here are the publisher's notes describing the book:
Lightships - Floating Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic
ISBN: 978.1.59629.350.2
Length: 128 pages, with over 30 images.
Published by The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina
Moored near shifting shoals and treacherous reefs, lightships remained on station during all weather conditions and played a vital role in keeping America's waterways safe for navigation. From 1820 to 1985, light vessels warned of treacherous seas and pointed the way to safe harbors. In Lightships, author Wayne Kirklin chronicles the eighty-five ships that protected the mid-Atlantic coast. From New York Harbor to the southern most edge of North Carolina's notorious Cape Fear, Kirklin details the unsung role this fleet played in keeping America's merchant marines safe. Read Lightships to discover an almost forgotten but vital element of American maritime history.