Download Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890 AudioBook Free
A book in regards to a very small island with an enormous history, from New York Times best-selling author of the reserve Valiant Ambition (May 2016) "For everyone who is in love with Nantucket Island this is the indispensable reserve." (Russell Baker) In his first reserve of history, Away Off Shoreline, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick unveils the people and the experiences behind what was once the whaling capital of the world. Beyond its allure, quaint local practices, and whaling yarns, Philbrick explores the origins of Nantucket in this thorough history. Through the British settlers who thought they were investing in a "Local American ghost town" but actually found a completely realized society, through the climb and street to redemption of the then growing whaling industry, the story of Nantucket is a truly unique chapter of American history. With a preface read by the author
