Nantucket

by Georgen Charnes and James Everett Grieder

Book Overview

This volume details Nantucket's long history from European settlement in 1659 to whaling culture and Quaker influence to tourist destination.

Nantucket, a Wampanoag word meaning far-away island, was first settled by Europeans in 1659. The earliest settlers, known as the Proprietors, envisioned a community of farmers and shepherds, but the island found its fortune as a preeminent whaling port in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738591556
• ISBN13: 9780738591551
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"