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| Author | : David R. Foster |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2017-01-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 0300214170 |
An eminent ecologist shows how an iconic New England island has been shaped by nature and human history, and how its beloved landscape can be protected Full of surprises, bedecked with gorgeous photographs and maps, and supported by unprecedented historical and ecological research, this book awakens a new perspective on the renowned New England island Martha's Vineyard. David Foster explores the powerful natural and cultural forces that have shaped the storied island to arrive at a new interpretation of the land today and a well-informed guide to its conservation in the future. Two decades of research by Foster and his colleagues at the Harvard Forest encompass the native people and prehistory of the Vineyard, climate change and coastal dynamics, colonial farming and modern tourism, as well as land planning and conservation efforts. Each of these has helped shape the island of today, and each also illuminates possibilities for future caretakers of the island's ecology. Foster affirms that Martha's Vineyard is far more than just a haven for celebrities, presidents, and moguls; it is a special place with a remarkable history and a population with a proud legacy of caring for the land and its future.
| Author | : Thomas Dresser |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2017-04-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 143966028X |
Celebrated local historian Thomas Dresser unearths the little-known stories that laid the foundations for the community of Martha's Vineyard. Behind the mansions and presidential vacations of Martha's Vineyard hide the lost stories and forgotten events of small-town America. What was the island's role in the Underground Railroad? Why do chickens festoon Nancy Luce's grave? And how did the people of the Vineyard react in 1923 when the rum running ship John Dwight sank with the island's supply of liquor aboard? Delve deep below the surface of history to discover the origin and meaning of local place names and the significance of beloved landmarks.
| Author | : Thomas Dresser |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2016-05-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1614239304 |
Generations of women have traveled to Martha's Vineyard to find solace in its calming waves and varied shoreline. Many prominent and capable women set down roots, contributing to the fabric of the community on the island. Learn of the brilliant poet Nancy Luce, who lived in isolation with her chickens. Emily Post, whose name is synonymous with good manners, sought respite from her personal struggles on the Vineyard. Famed horticulturalist Polly Hill left a perennial legacy for islanders with her tranquil arboretum. In the twentieth century, novelist Dorothy West captured the beauty of Martha's Vineyard with her work. Historian Thomas Dresser provides a series of biographical sketches of these extraordinary women who were bound by their love of the island.
| Author | : Tom Dresser |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467146463 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-168) and index.
| Author | : Cheryl Shaw Barnes |
| Publisher | : Little Patriot Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-07-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781621570134 |
Martha Murphy Applebee loves her island in the ocean. She knows how wonderful Martha's Vineyard is, and wants to show just how wonderful to her friend, Edgar. With her dog, Chappy, following them, Martha and Edgar tour their beautiful island home from Edgartown to Gay Head. They visit gingerbread houses, flying horses, the summer fair, Beetlebung Corner and more! It's a special story that will teach your child about a special place, Martha's Vineyard!
| Author | : Susan Branch |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2016-05 |
| Genre | : Artists |
| ISBN | : 9780996044028 |
"In the winter of 1982, long before she became the watercolor artist and author we know today, Susan Branch, 34-years-old and heartbroken from the sudden and unexpected end of her marriage in California, "ran away from home" to the Island of Martha's Vineyard hoping to gain perspective. It was meant to be temporary, a three-month time-out from the daily grind of being broken up and miserable, but within days of her arrival, alone and not quite in her right mind, Susan "accidentally" bought a tiny one-bedroom cottage in the woods - which is how she discovered she was moving 3,000 miles away from everyone and everything she had known and loved. Funny, observant, touching, and addictive (you are not going to want this book to end), based on the diaries she has kept all her life, Susan Branch relates her inspirational tale of lost love and self discovery, her search for roots, purpose, and destiny with laugh-out-loud honesty. A road map for overcoming loss, following your heart, and making dreams come true, charmingly hand-lettered and watercolored in Susan's inimitable style, there are diary excerpts, recipes, and hundreds of photographs."--Provided by Amazon.com.
| Author | : Thomas Dresser |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1625859031 |
Martha's Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthusiasm for life on the open ocean. From shorewhaling to daring voyages into the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the insular whaling community offered a tempting path for many young Vineyarders to rise from cabin boy to captain. Local businesses were enticed by the potential profit from whaling voyages, and many reaped generous rewards from successful whale oil harvests. Through memoirs, music and memorabilia, author Thomas Dresser recounts this dramatic history of the bygone era of whaling on Martha's Vineyard.
| Author | : Alice Hoffman |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2014-09-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1453225773 |
A “wondrous” novel of fear, desire, loss, and discovery on Martha’s Vineyard by the New York Times–bestselling author of Practical Magic and Seventh Heaven (Chicago Tribune). Elizabeth Renny has only made two decisions of consequence in her seventy-plus years. While the first, marrying her husband, had adequate results, the second—deciding she could fly from her bedroom window—is less successful. But her flight sets in motion a series of events that will forever change the lives of six residents of Martha’s Vineyard: a young boy who refuses to grow, a wife stifled by her irrational anxiety, a husband tempted by the unknown, a girl flirting with disaster, a gentle giant tortured by his size, and an old woman with nothing to lose. Praised as “an intelligent novel” by the New York Times and “achingly vivid” by Newsday, Illumination Night is a sparkling and heartbreaking narrative that explores marriage, friendship, youth, yearning, disillusionment, and desire, a book as bright and memorable as the festival of lanterns for which it is named.
| Author | : Nelson Sigelman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2017-12-05 |
| Genre | : Fishing |
| ISBN | : 9780692972304 |
Martha's Vineyard is a well known summer vacation spot. In this collection of columns, former Martha's Vineyard Times editor Nelson Sigelman describes an island preoccupation, less notorious than tourism but more obsessive, rooted in fishing, hunting and waterfowling traditions that shaped the island's character well before a mechanical shark named Bruce and presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama attracted slavish media attention to a 100-square mile speck off the coast of Massachusetts. Martha's Vineyard Outdoors casts a wide net. "The pleasures of Nelson Sigelman's distinctive voice held this non-fishing, non-hunting, feminist, tree-hugging pinko spellbound from the first column to the very last," said Island resident and Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks. The setting is Martha's Vineyard but the stories are rooted in the humor and love of the outdoors found in small communities across the country.
| Author | : Arthur Railton |
| Publisher | : Commonwealth Editions |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781933212715 |
Published in association with the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society, this comprehensive illustrated history of the island was written by its foremost authority.
