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An Evening on Nantucket with Nathaniel Philbrick

Egan Maritime Institute is thrilled to host an evening with the organization’s founding executive director, Nathaniel Philbrick on August 11, 2022 at the Nantucket Yacht Club. Guests will be treated to a nautical themed lecture, focused on Philbrick’s newest book, Travels with George. Travels with George, asks the essential question […]

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Happy 50th Birthday to Nantucket Bookworks!

Half a century ago, on July 4, 1972, Patty Claflin opened her doors to readersat Nantucket Bookworks on Federal Street (where the Corner Table and NantucketCulinary Center are now). Patty remembers that the first book she sold fifty yearsago was written by Nietzsche. Nine years later, she moved her shop […]