The Nantucket Reader

About this book

The Nantucket Reader contains 50 selections by 43 authors including: Nathaniel Philbrick; Russell Baker; Robert Mooney; David Halberstam; Nancy Thayer; Herman Melville; Ralph Waldo Emerson; and Henry David Thoreau. Each selection begins with an introduction by Beegel that explores the connection between the authors and Nantucket the muse for their song and stories. The Nantucket Readers 330 pages are filled with adventure humor mystery horror and inspiration which collectively tell the story of the island. It is a necessary read for any historian any person who loves Nantucket and any Nantucket reader.