Edition: 1991 (2nd edition)  Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket  Publisher: Mill Hill Press (Nantucket)  Published: 1966  Condition: Like New  Summary: This is the story of the rise of that unique nautical island people who were to become masters of the whaling capital of the world - Nantucket.  It tells of the humble beginnings of those who pioneered "with love and skillets" and were said to have salt water in their veins and whale oil in their joints; of their fishing and sheep-shearing economies; of their sailboat voyaging, thier rain-barrel water supplies and space saving furniture; and of theri boat's crew cottages and homey lean-to dwellings.  The book forms a record of the Nantucketers' 17th and early-18th-century typr of British civilization, medieval in some aspects, like town planning and building methods, which persisted in considerable degree down to the Victorian era. Contains 90 photographs and 115 drawings of maps, town plans, elevations, floor plans and other details.

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