Cape Hatteras

This is the complete story of the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, which for almost two hundred years has guided mariners through the treacherous waters off North Carolina's easternmost point.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

xvii

Part 1: The Dearborn Tower

The First Lighthouse

5

(8)

The Stone Guardian by the Sea

1854 Improvements

13

(10)

The Lighthouse Gets a Lift

The Civil War

23

(10)

Sentinels in Gray and Blue

Part 2: The Stetson Tower

The Second Lighthouse

33

(10)

A New Era in Brick

The Unknown Builder

43

(8)

An Enigmatic Carpenter and a Housewright

Other Lights at Cape Hatteras

51

(14)

Floating Lighthouses and Deep-Water Rigs

The Third Lighthouse

65

(12)

Automation and the End of an Era

From Darkness to Light

77

(12)

The War and the Restoration

Part 3: Nature's Way

The Encroaching Tide

89

(10)

Seventy Years of Futility

Juggling a Stack of Bricks

99

(12)

Moving into the Future

Appendix: The Keepers of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

111

(4)

Bibliography

115

(5)

Credits

120

(1)

Index

121

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