We Are Nantucket: Oral Histories of Life on Nantucket Island (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493092796)

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We Are Nantucket: Oral Histories of Life on Nantucket Island

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We Are Nantucket: Oral Histories of Life on Nantucket Island

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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We Are Nantucket is a collection of thirty-three oral history interviews covering almost a century of different experiences on Nantucket. While many of the people interviewed are natives of Nantucket and have lived on the Island all their lives, a few trace their roots to the original settlers, some came as small children with their parents, others came to work and live, and some have been summer residents for decades. All love the Island and each has enjoyed a special intimacy with the community. Taken together, they reflect the character of Nantucket.
Common themes of a hearty work ethic, Yankee thriftiness and simplicity, and a value for family and community run throughout the histories. This collection of interviews preserves these memories and some of the stories of what life on this special Island was like. The Nantucket experiences of these individuals reflect the richness of the variety of people who have formed the character of the Island in the past and present, and represent an important aspect of Nantucket's remarkable legacy.
Interviewees include:
  • Eileen P. McGrath
  • Francis "Frannie" Pease
  • William Allen
  • Alice Graves Dejonge
  • Nancy Chase
  • Martha Holdgate Butler
  • Manny Dias
  • Mrs. Ripley Nelson
  • Ruth Chapel Grieder
  • Walter Beinecke


Author: Nancy Anne Newhouse
ISBN-10: 1493092790
ISBN-13: 9781493092796
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2027
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
By Nancy Anne Newhouse
By Nancy Anne Newhouse
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Nancy Anne Newhouse is a fifth-generation summer resident and has lived on Nantucket year-round for the past thirty-one years. She is a graduate of Rosemont College and received an MA in education from George Washington University. After twenty-three years of teaching in Washington, DC, she became a permanent resident of Nantucket in 1991. She was a member of the Town Finance Committee. Over the years, she served as a trustee/director/governor on the Boards of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Nantucket Island Community Sailing, the Nantucket Atheneum, Palliative and Supportive Care of Nantucket, the Nantucket Yacht Club, and the Hospital Thrift Shop. Nancy has been a volunteer at the Hospital Thrift Shop, Meals on Wheels, Palliative Care, and Our Island Home. She is the author of Voices of the Village: An Oral History of 'Sconset and Affordable Nantucket, A History of the Hospital Thrift Shop. Her work is included in The Little Grey Island. Most recently, she has collaborated with Betsy Tyler on a book of the history of the Nantucket Land Bank.

Mikki Ansin is a Cambridge-based photojournalist who specializes in film, politics, and people. She has worked for the Kennedy family, President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Merchant Ivory Productions, and most of the Hollywood studios. Her work is collected by The Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), The Deauville Film Festival, the Kennedy Library, the United States Information Agency (USIA), and numerous private collectors. Ansin also held a White House appointment to the Board of Governors of the USO. She is quoted as saying that Nancy Newhouse took her by the hand to meet the real Islanders: those who had been born there, at least ninety years before.

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