Authors Nelson H. Lawry, Glen M. Williford, and Leo K. Polaski, scholars of American coast defense, have assembled this compelling pictorial history from national archival, local m...view moreAuthors Nelson H. Lawry, Glen M. Williford, and Leo K. Polaski, scholars of American coast defense, have assembled this compelling pictorial history from national archival, local museum, and private photographic collections. Lawry is a columnist and technology historian, and Williford and Polaski coauthored Arcadia Publishing�s New York City�s Harbor Defenses and Long Island�s Military History.view less