by Frances Ruley Karttunen
Paperback, 93 pages.
Frances Karttunen continues to provide an amazing resource by documenting untold histories. Her books are essential for a true understanding of island history that goes deeper than whaling captains to the people that made the island tick.
From the cover blurb: "English settlers joined Nantucket's Wampanoags on the island in 1659, and soon brought Africans to the island. Later, Irish, Azoreans, and Cape Verdeans made their way to Nantucket. Most newcomers found places to live on the south side of town.
Each chapter of Places and People 2 directs the reader to a location and tells about one or more people associated with it. The numbers on the map correspond to the chapters. They describe a tour (on foot, by bicycle, or via the reader's imagination) from Washington Street in the east to Chicken Hill in the west, past the Old Mill to York Street and points south, ending at the corner of Surfide Road and Sparks Avenue."
