~ by Amy Jenness ~ More than 100 years after the first white people settled on Nantucket, the French-American writer Hector St. John de Crevecoer visited and recorded his perceptions of island life in his influential book Letters From An American Farmer. Published in 1782, the book was the first […]
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In this Issue
- A Language without Words
- First of 3 Sidewalk Art Shows for 2025
- “Bad Luck Billy”
- If You Build It, Purple Martins Will Come
- Take the Nantucket Limerick Challenge
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket July 10-12
- Family Activities & Night at the Museum
- Hilarious, Hopeful, & Achingly Human
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket
Read The Paper Online
In this Issue
- A Language without Words
- First of 3 Sidewalk Art Shows for 2025
- “Bad Luck Billy”
- If You Build It, Purple Martins Will Come
- Take the Nantucket Limerick Challenge
- Funniest Weekend on Nantucket July 10-12
- Family Activities & Night at the Museum
- Hilarious, Hopeful, & Achingly Human
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
Articles by Department
- An Island Point of View
- Exploring Nantucket
- Featured Articles
- Featured Entrepreneur
- Featured Restaurants
- Insider Tips
- Island Cooking
- Island Science
- Nantucket Arts
- Nantucket Entertaining
- Nantucket Essays
- Nantucket Events
- Nantucket History & People
- Nantucket Style
- Nantucket Voices
- What's New on Nantucket