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On This Day in Nantucket History
On This Day in Nantucket History
On This Day in Nantucket History
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Nantucket is much more than beautiful beaches and sailboats. One day at a time, author Amy Jenness offers up quirky and fascinating stories of the people and events that shaped this remote island. On August 11, 1841, Frederick Douglass made his first antislavery speech at the Nantucket Atheneum. The Great Fire of July 13, 1846, devastated the island, forcing residents to rebuild what they lost. On December 5, 1981, a nor'easter stranded nearly two thousand visitors and forced seventeen pilot whales to come ashore. Read a story a day or month at a time. Celebrate an entire year of Nantucket history.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 7, 2014
ISBN9781625851598
On This Day in Nantucket History
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Amy Jenness

Amy's journalism has appeared in many island publications and she was the associate editor of N Magazine and managing editor of Vermont Business Magazine.

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