Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People

Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People

The history of Nantucket Island has too often been reduced to a collection of quaint legends and warmed-over whaling tales. In contrast, Nathaniel Philbrick's Away off Shore focuses on the real people…

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