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- catalog abstract ""Frank Conroy first visited Nantucket with a gang of college friends in 1955. They came on a whim, and for Conroy it was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with this "small, relaxed oasis in the ocean." This book, part travel diary, part memoir, is a hauntingly evocative and personal journey through Nantucket: its sweeping dunes, rugged moors, remote beaches, secret fishing spots, and hidden forests and cranberry bogs." "In Time and Tide, Conroy recounts the island's history from the glory days of the whaling boom to the present, when tourism dominates. He vividly evokes the clash of cultures between the working class and the super-rich, with the fragile ecology of the island always in the balance. But most fascinating of all, he tells his own story - of playing jazz piano in the island's bars; of raising a barn in the early '60s with the help of a bunch of hippie carpenters; of leasing an old, failed bar with two island pals and turning it into the Roadhouse, a club "that was to be ours, the year-rounders, and to hell with the summer people." There's a marvelous story of his first golf game, played on an ancient nine-hole course with two friends, a part-time sommelier and a builder from the South who invented the one-handed pepper mill." "This is a book that revels in friendship, music, history, and the gorgeous landscape of a unique American place, and is a wonderful work by one of our greatest contemporary writers."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Time & tide".
- catalog contributor b13222676.
- catalog coverage "Nantucket Island (Mass.) Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Frank Conroy first visited Nantucket with a gang of college friends in 1955. They came on a whim, and for Conroy it was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with this "small, relaxed oasis in the ocean." This book, part travel diary, part memoir, is a hauntingly evocative and personal journey through Nantucket: its sweeping dunes, rugged moors, remote beaches, secret fishing spots, and hidden forests and cranberry bogs."".
- catalog description ""In Time and Tide, Conroy recounts the island's history from the glory days of the whaling boom to the present, when tourism dominates. He vividly evokes the clash of cultures between the working class and the super-rich, with the fragile ecology of the island always in the balance.".
- catalog description "Busy Days/Hot Nights 17 -- Quiet Days/Quiet Nights 27 -- Settling In 35 -- Squirrels? 43 -- The White Elephant Gig 51 -- Golf Games 55 -- The Roadhouse 63 -- Third World Softball 75 -- How About Manners? 81 -- Let's See to the Land 87 -- Degrees of Erosion 95 -- The Pace Quickens 105 -- So Much to Do 113 -- Boats 121 -- Slow Down! You're Already on Nantucket! 131 -- A Certain Romance 137.".
- catalog description "But most fascinating of all, he tells his own story - of playing jazz piano in the island's bars; of raising a barn in the early '60s with the help of a bunch of hippie carpenters; of leasing an old, failed bar with two island pals and turning it into the Roadhouse, a club "that was to be ours, the year-rounders, and to hell with the summer people."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 141).".
- catalog description "There's a marvelous story of his first golf game, played on an ancient nine-hole course with two friends, a part-time sommelier and a builder from the South who invented the one-handed pepper mill." "This is a book that revels in friendship, music, history, and the gorgeous landscape of a unique American place, and is a wonderful work by one of our greatest contemporary writers."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "141 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Time and tide.".
- catalog identifier "1400046599 (Hardcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Time and tide.".
- catalog isPartOf "Crown Journeys series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Time and tide.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Nantucket Island.".
- catalog spatial "Nantucket Island (Mass.) Description and travel.".
- catalog subject "974.4/97043 22".
- catalog subject "F72.N2 C66 2004".
- catalog subject "Walking Massachusetts Nantucket Island.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Busy Days/Hot Nights 17 -- Quiet Days/Quiet Nights 27 -- Settling In 35 -- Squirrels? 43 -- The White Elephant Gig 51 -- Golf Games 55 -- The Roadhouse 63 -- Third World Softball 75 -- How About Manners? 81 -- Let's See to the Land 87 -- Degrees of Erosion 95 -- The Pace Quickens 105 -- So Much to Do 113 -- Boats 121 -- Slow Down! You're Already on Nantucket! 131 -- A Certain Romance 137.".
- catalog title "Time & tide".
- catalog title "Time and tide : a walk through Nantucket / Frank Conroy.".
- catalog type "text".