"Nantucket Odyssey" 1965 GUBA, Emil F.
$275
GUBA, Emil F.
[438] pp.
Published by the author
1965
Second Edition
w/ island map endpapers
8 3/4" x 5 7/8"
VG/ VG
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Excerpt from Nantucket Odyssey the story of Nantucket and its people is the story of the growth of America, of adventure, hardship and toil, human sacrifice, and free enterprise in a friendly, unostentatious society The spirit of peace and restfulness still pervades the island, but the odor and industry of whale oil are gone. The writer was attracted to Nantucket to explore its fascinating fungous flora and by an organized interest there in the island's natural science. The old landmarks, the narrow streets and the old houses of weathered gray shingles prompted him to inquire into its past. He was inquisitive, but he never intended to neglect his Nantucket botany to write this patchwork quilt of episodes of the island and its former people. Nevertheless, it happened. There's a spell in Nantucket well known to bewitch, which exerts the same charm o'er the poor and the rich.