Description: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Paperback From whaling hub to summer paradise, join author Bonnie Stacy on a facinating journey of Martha's Vineyard in over 200 vintage images.The name Martha's Vineyard first appears in a book describing the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold's 1602 voyage from England. Long before that, the Wampanoag called this island Noepe. English colonists--missionaries, farmers, and seafarers--began to settle on the Vineyard in the 1640s. During the 19th century, seafaring industries dominated the economy, with busy harbors hosting thousands of ships as they put in for refitting, supplies, and crew members. Vineyarders from all classes and diverse ethnicities traveled the world in search of trade and whales, returning home after their long voyages to fishing, farms, and the families who stayed behind. Even as the whaling boom diminished, religious revivalism and then tourism brought more and more summer visitors. By the 20th century, the now familiar yearly cycle of quiet winters alternating with enormous bursts of activity and population in the summers was well established.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467121668
Book Title: Martha's Vineyard
Item Length: 9.8in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 8.9in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Subjects & Themes / Historical, Sociology / General, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Photography, Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 1.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
