$24.95
Model: 9780982266823
By Debra McManis
Town Farms and Country Commons tells the forgotten side of Nantucket's history; the story of the people who worked the sandy soil and fed the island while others were pursuing whales, fish and maritime commerce. From the first Wampanoag gardeners through the English cattle promoters and the intense sheep industry of the 1800s, there were hard times and better ones, leading now to organic gardens and stands groaning with sweet native August corn. McManis, through patient research and personal interviews, recounts the labor and ingenuity of the hardworking tillers of Nantucket, who for centuries have coaxed a living from their precious patch of land.
