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On This Day in Nantucket History

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Nantucket is much more than beautiful beaches and sailboats.

One day ata time, author Amy Jenness offers up quirky and fascinating stories of thepeople and events that shaped this remote island.

On August 11, 1841, FrederickDouglass made his first antislavery speechat the Nantucket Atheneum.

TheGreat Fire of July 13, 1846, devastated theisland, forcing residents to rebuild what they lost.

On December 5,1981, a nor'easter stranded nearly two thousand visitors and forced seventeenpilot whales to come ashore.

Read a story aday or month at a time. Celebrate an entire year of Nantuckethistory.

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Product Details
The History Press
1625851596 / 9781625851598
eBook (EPUB)
07/10/2014
English
381 pages
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