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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890

by Nathaniel Philbrick · 1993

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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 (great and obscure, famous and infamous) behind one of America's most extraordinary success stories: Nantucket, the tiny island that became the whaling capital of the world.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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Nantucket IslandNantucket IslandMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 273 pages

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