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Nantucket’s North Shore: A Neighborhood History is written by Nantucket native Frances Ruley Karttunen, a twelfth-generation descendant of Nantucket’s English settlers.
Beautifully illustrated with over 200 photographs from the archives of the Nantucket Historical Association and from local photographer Alan Reinhard, this large-format book tells the story of settlement on the island from Madaket in the west to the north side of the present Town of Nantucket. The author introduces us to colorful North Shore people, showing the houses where they lived, the roads traveled, farms cultivated, landmarks, monuments, ponds, businesses, beaches and more. Each chapter is interspersed with classic Nantucket recipes of yore, such as Sweet Flag Candy, Blueberry Grunt, and Nantucket Corn Pudding.
Spinner Publications is a non-profit publishing house based in New Bedford, MA. Spinner’s award-winning books, videos and calendars focus on the history and culture of southeastern New England, particularly the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and Cape Cod and the Islands. Among Spinner’s most popular titles are Cranberry Cooking for All Seasons, Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage, Brick by Brick: A Woman’s Journey, the Spinner anthology series, People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts, Volumes I – V, and The New England Fisherman Historical Calendar and Southeastern New England Historical Calendar.
