Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket

With affection, Frank Conroy recounts his life's intersection with the island of Nantucket. Conroy first encounters Nantucket as a college student, working there in the summer of 1955. It takes him years to explore the various facets of the island - the wind-swept dunes, rugged moors, remote beaches, hidden forests, and flooded cranberry bogs. He manages to capture the sense of place inherent both in these natural wonders and in the old town of Nantucket. Then, he diverges from memoir, to tell us something of the history of the island, from its wealthy past as a whaling center to its present as a haven for the super-rich. Despite the recent ascendancy of money, he has managed to carve out a place for himself on the island he loves best.