Contrary to what public records and popular literature might lead us to believe, Nantucket is historically an island of rich cultural diversity. Here, author Frances Ruley Karttunen introduces us to the original Nantucketers--the Wampanoags--as well as the African slaves, Pacific Islanders, Irish refugees, Azoreans and Cape Verdean immigrants and other ethnic groups that have contributed to the island's history and added dimension to Nantucket's culture.
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"... meticulously researched account of a community that has proven to be as changeable and resilient as the island itself. --Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea
"...a unique history of Nantucket's people, intermingling scrupulously researched scientific information with gripping personal stories..." --Vladimir Strelnitski, PhD, Director of Nantucket's Maria Mitchell Observatory
"...Karttunen provides stories and legends from the diverse groups of people who have set foot on Nantucket shores..." --Dr. Denise Patmon, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
"...a unique history of Nantucket's people, intermingling scrupulously researched scientific information with gripping personal stories..." --Vladimir Strelnitski, PhD, Director of Nantucket's Maria Mitchell Observatory
"...Karttunen provides stories and legends from the diverse groups of people who have set foot on Nantucket shores..." --Dr. Denise Patmon, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Frances Ruley Karttunen is a year-round resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts. A graduate of Nantucket public schools, she earned a PhD in linguisics and worked at the University of Texas at Austin for more than 30 years. She went to Finland as a Fulbright scholar three times. Her writing includes Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors, as well as several other books and articles on linguistics.
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NANTUCKETERS BEHIND THE VEIL,
This review is from: The Other Islanders: People Who Pulled Nantucket's Oars (Paperback)
Fran Karttunen has contributed a sumptuous clambake for islanders and the millions of 'coofs' among us, that is, off-islanders of every sort: tourists, summertime residents, historians, artists, fishing enthusiasts, day-laborers, weekend executives. And what do we find?
We discover a meticulously researched story of those who often lived behind the veil. They were those who rarely lived on Main Street where only those who counted resided, those mythical stoic Anglophile Yankee 'CAPTAINS.' But who "pulled Nantucket's oars" aboard the fragile whale boats and who labored behind the scenes, Karttunen asks? Who bunked in the fo'c'sles, hearded the sheep, cooked and served meals, erected homes then and now, lost indigenous property, or were themselves the enslaved property of others? Beyond the island's first people of color were the Canackas, Portuguese, Irish, Azorians, Jamaicans, Germans, Latvians .... They were and are us, Americans of every color and creed who have bonded together in some mysterious way by falling in love with this 'far away isle.' Fran Karttunen, herself of island stock, masterfully and compassionately unvails this untold story of the "other" islanders.
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This review is from: The Other Islanders: People Who Pulled Nantucket's Oars (Paperback)
If anyone has Portuguese or Irish ancestry, whose relatives immigrated to the Cape Cod & Islands in the 1800's, this book is a treasure trove of information.
There are family histories, celebrations, stories about what motivated them, what brought them joy. PLEASE, buy a copy for your children. NO ONE knows this history anymore.
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When Sarah (Pinkham) Bunker died at home on a Saturday in 1902, the Inquirer and Mirror reported that "the funeral took place Wednesday, relatives from abroad coming on to attend." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lightship baskets, ancient proprietors, town asylum, black crew members, selling rum, black seamen, street lists, federal censuses, other islanders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, United States, New Bedford, Cape Verdean, New England, Main Street, Nantucket Historical Association, New York, World War, Absalom Boston, Florence Higginbotham, Martha's Vineyard, African Nantucketers, Orange Street, Peter Folger, Nantucket Inquirer, Nova Scotia, Nantucket High School, Atlantic Avenue, Pleasant Street, Zaccheus Macy, Sampson Pompey, Anna Gardner, James Crawford, African Americans New!
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When Sarah (Pinkham) Bunker died at home on a Saturday in 1902, the Inquirer and Mirror reported that "the funeral took place Wednesday, relatives from abroad coming on to attend." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lightship baskets, ancient proprietors, town asylum, black crew members, selling rum, black seamen, street lists, federal censuses, other islanders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, United States, New Bedford, Cape Verdean, New England, Main Street, Nantucket Historical Association, New York, World War, Absalom Boston, Florence Higginbotham, Martha's Vineyard, African Nantucketers, Orange Street, Peter Folger, Nantucket Inquirer, Nova Scotia, Nantucket High School, Atlantic Avenue, Pleasant Street, Zaccheus Macy, Sampson Pompey, Anna Gardner, James Crawford, African Americans New!
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- A Key Into the Language of America by Roger Williams on page 18, page 31, and Back Matter
- Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Sinclair Lewis on page 199, and page 222
- The Indian Grammar Begun: Or, an Essay to Bring the Indian Language Into Rules, for Help of Such as Desire to Learn the Same, for the Furtherance of the Gospel Among Them by John Eliot on page 18, and Back Matter
- Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor by William Benjamin Gould on page 239, and Back Matter
- Miriam Coffin by Joseph Hart on page 56, and Back Matter
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