Nantucket: A Natural History

Nantucket: A Natural History by Peter B. Brace. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780982266823.

In the mere 6,000 years of their existence, the Nantucket islands have become home to a unique and constantly changing collection of living things, from the Muskeget Vole to deer ticks, the delicate Shadbush to precious Harbor Scallops. As this book makes plain, Peter B. Brace is on intimate terms with most of these species. The author of Walking Nantucket, a guidebook to the trails and byways of the island, Brace is also a veteran environmental writer for Nantucket newspapers and a long time observer of the way local government, businesses, and non-profit organizations affect the flow and fortunes of living things in their 47.8 square mile universe.