Alongshore Author:John Stilgoe In this enchanting book, John R. Stilgoe takes us on a tour of the seacoast, evoking its sights, sounds, and textures, and showing how it illuminates issues of landscape and American culture. Telling fascinating stories of fishing boats and lighthouses, wharfs and piers, quicksand and buried treasures, this book is ideal beach reading and a guid... more »ebook for anyone intrigued by the shore.« less