Little Gray Island Life Stories From Nantucket

By: unknown author

This anthology features compelling, first-hand accounts of childhoods and vacations on the island of Nantucket, written by twenty-four senior residents. These true stories vividly bring to life the individual and collective experiences of native islanders and "washashores" alike and document island living, historic homesteads, and lineages of sea captains. You will witness the dramas of a whaling ship run aground, a tight sailboat race, and flying in a small plane through dense fog. You can almost taste the lacy seaweed pudding, fresh-caught bluefish, beach plums, and elderberry wine. You'll want nothing more than to visit (or return) and explore anew its sandy paths, bogs, and forests. The extraordinary details, wisdom, and wit found in these essays evoke the magic to be found there. Little Gray Island is an eloquent documentation of these authors' unique history and brings to life a Nantucket that may have been forgotten without them.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615505279
• ISBN13: 9780615505275
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Grub street, inc.
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up