Quaker Nantucket [Hardcover]

Robert Leach (Author), Peter Gow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Based on original research in records long thought lost, Quaker Nantucket explores the spectacular growth of Quakerism on the Island and its equally astonishing decline amidst the collapse of the whaling industry a century later.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Mill Hill Press (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963891073
• ISBN-13: 978-0963891075
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,306,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quaker Nantucket: The Religious Community Behind the Whaling Empire, August 12, 2006

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Grace E. Smith "History Lover" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quaker Nantucket: The Religious Community Behind the Whaling Empire (Paperback)

The authors provide detailed information about the rise and fall of Nantucket's Quaker community and its whaling industry. If your Nantucket ancestors include family names like Macy, Starbuck, Coffin, Bunker, etc., you'll gain additional persective on the interconnections between family, religion, and whaling, the "splintering" of the Quaker community, and some reasons for migration off island.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You never thought a book could be so informative, yet fun., October 19, 1999

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This review is from: Quaker Nantucket (Hardcover)

This is an amazing book. The author takes you into the life or Quakerism. You learn how it all began with George Fox, and how in ended. Also, you learn about how the whaling industry affected Quakers on the island on Nantucket. This is a must read.

14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An informative book written in a pleasing way, January 10, 2000

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Jeffrey Gould (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quaker Nantucket (Hardcover)

I am an avid reader of historical texts. I am very interested in the history of America and am always hungry for more knowledge. I recently took up in interest in discovering more about the Quakers. I had almost given up after reading the endless selection of rather boring texts, leaving me either sleeping or wanting to. Then, I found Quaker Nantucket. From this book, I have learned volumes of information, and had a good time doing it. This book is interesting, and begins every chapter with an exciting section of the ongoing saga. I enjoyed myself, and hope to have the chance to congratulate Mr. Gow and Mr. Leach myself.