It covers lighthouses all over Scotland and is beautifully written by a former keeper. His dedication sets the tone for the book. As a serving lightkeeper myself, this book is my tribute and farewell to the lights and the men who have manned them since that day long ago in 1787, when ex-shipmaster James Park assumed duty at Kinnaird Head lighthouse thus becoming the Northern Lighthouse Board's very first lightkeeper. The book is packed with great stories about most of the major lights of Scotland. Many pictures have been added since the first edition in 1994.
All pictures are in black and white but are of exceptional quality.
I had great fun trying to decide when the photographs where taken since many of them are different than the way the lights look today. If you are a lighthouse aficionado I would highly recommend this book. This is a strong recommendation from someone who just wrote a new book on Scotland's lighthouses, which will be published in April of 2001. I give a big four thistles to the second edition of a book which was excellent in first edition but is even better in the second one. This is a true classic book on Scottish lighthouses.