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2014, 369pp, illus, notes, index, ISB N 9781-4798 -2257-7; $35hc) W hen an institution has been around long enough, it is easy to slip into the sense that it has always been there. It's a bit jarring to think back and imagine a time before that institution came to be, and realize that someone had to have planted the seeds for its beginnings and put in the hard work to make it h appen . Such is the case with South Street Seaport Museum; in the 1960s, founders Peter and Norma Stanford imagined a Manhattan waterfront similar to that of San Francisco, with a meaningful relationship to the ships in the water and historic buildings to tell their story. The Sranfords tell this story in 201 3's A Dream of TaLL Ships. But wh ile theirs is a more p ersonal memoir of those heady first few yea rs of the museum, scholar Lindgren takes a broader, more clinical approach , having gathered the stories of the original Friends of South Street, volunteers, staff and supporters and interes ted witnesses to the museum's beginnings and development. He follows the history of the museum and surrounding neighborhood from the very beginnings to the present day. The story is complex, as any tale of competing interes ts, turning political tides, and interperson al differences is bound to be, but it's a story worth reading. Preserving South Street Seaport is, at present, a story without an ending; as of press rime, the fare of the neighborhood is still being debated, but it's an interesting examination of how the museum got this far. SHELLEY R E ID
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Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes: A Biography ofthe Rev. William H. Law by John Korzian (Avery Color Studios, Gwinn, MI, 2014, 202pp, illus, appen, biblio, IS BN 9781-892384-6-9 ; $ 17.95pb) Sometimes the stories tangential to the wo rld of lighthouses are as compelling as the tales of the deeds of the lighthouse keepers themsdves. John Korzian's tale about the Rever;end William H. Law is not just such a tale, iit's a family history, as John is a descendant ,of the "Sky Pilot." No one was better positioned to tell this story. Law stumbled into the lighthouse and
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