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Alexander Starbuck (1924), History of Nantucket, Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co., OCLC 3813742; Winston Williams (1977), Nantucket Then and Now, being an updated history and guide, New York: Dodd, Mead, OL 4904260M; Nathaniel Philbrick (1993). ""Every Wave Is a Fortune": Nantucket Island and the Making of an American Icon". New England Quarterly.
The Nantucket series (also known as the Nantucket trilogy or the Islander trilogy [1]) is a set of alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. [2] [3]The novels focus on the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts which was transported back in time to 1250 BC due to something called "The Event".
Nantucket (/ ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t /) is an island about 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod. [1] Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government in the state of Massachusetts, United States.
Pages in category "History of Nantucket, Massachusetts" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On the Oceans of Eternity is a science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer S. M. Stirling, the third and final book of the Nantucket alternate history series. [1] [2] The novel was released in the United States and Canada on April 10, 2000, and was released in the United Kingdom on April 29 of the same year.
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A great number of his descendants became prominent in North American society, and many were involved in the later history of Nantucket during and after its heyday as a whaling center. [3] Almost all notable Americans with roots in Nantucket are descended from Tristram Coffin, although Benjamin Franklin was an exception.
Whaling in the early colonial era. Nantucket is an island located 14 miles (20 km) south of Cape Cod in the State of Massachusetts. When the British explorer Bartholomew Gosnold first sighted Nantucket in 1602 on his way to the New World, it was already home to some 3,000 indigenous Native Americans who were living there. [1]