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Quaker Nantucket

Quaker Nantucket

Quaker Nantucket

The Religious Community Behind The Whaling Empire

BY ROBERT LEACH AND PETER GOW

Brief Description:
The spiritual tidal wave of Quakerism swept Nantucket creating one of the world's most notable Quaker communities and a whaling empire that was the envy of the world. It is a story of amazing individuals, their prosperity, and eventual infighting and religious schism.

Mill Hill Press 1997 224 PP. Paper

$21.95 (in stock)

 

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