About this episode

Julie Gerstenblatt discusses her personal relationship with Nantucket and the island's evolution from a whaling hub to a summer destination.

We're hopping on a ferry and heading to the "The Little Grey Lady of the Sea." Author Julie Gerstenblatt is here to talk us through her personal relationship to Nantucket, detail the island's particular charms, and explain how the whaling-mecca-turned-posh-summer-destination has evolved over the years.

People in this episode

Host: Lee Stabert

Guest: Julie Gerstenblatt

Topics covered

• Nantucket
• travel
• history
• whaling
• island culture

Keywords

• Nantucket
• Julie Gerstenblatt
• whaling
• island
• travel
• history
• summer destination

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Nantucket, The Little Grey Lady of the Sea, whaling-mecca, posh-summer-destination

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