Almost everyone who has visited this legendary island can recite Nantucket's official history as a whaling empire and premier resort destination. But very few know the true reasons why things turned out as they did and how they really came to pass. In Tom Never's Ghost, you'll gain a fresh new understanding of the Island's history, both past and present, in a lively historical narrative that goes well beyond a straight history to connect all the dots. Based on nearly five years of research, it details much th at has never ...
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Almost everyone who has visited this legendary island can recite Nantucket's official history as a whaling empire and premier resort destination. But very few know the true reasons why things turned out as they did and how they really came to pass. In Tom Never's Ghost, you'll gain a fresh new understanding of the Island's history, both past and present, in a lively historical narrative that goes well beyond a straight history to connect all the dots. Based on nearly five years of research, it details much th at has never been reported before, and much that surprises, including the real reasons why Nantucket eclipsed all other ports in whaling wealth and why its fortunes ultimately fell. The true mission of the top secret navybase at tom Nevers and attempted federal takeover of the whole island in 1972 and the three unrelated events that triggered nantucket's current real estate feeding frenzy. In tom never's ghost you'll learn all this plus much more.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Signed and inscribed by the author to the previous owner. First edition. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition with no highlighting. Not ex-library.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Quatrefoil, Inc., 2006. First edition quarter cloth hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Clean and unmarked copy, showing slight reader's use and handling. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. 276pp., photographs, reference sources. An eyewitness account of the past 350 years on Nantucket Island and in its little known Southeast Quarter, as told to Jack Warner. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
