Nantucket: The Quiet Season

Nantucket: The Quiet Season

With more than a million visitors a year, Nantucket is a famed getaway, but only a few natives can attest to its mystic beauty in the fall and winter months. Among them is Cary Hazlegrove, whose Nantucket: The Quiet Season is the stunning follow-up to her celebrated Nantucket: Seasons on the Island. With Hazlegrove's signature photographs and evocative quotes from residents, this book captures what tourists rarely see: the island's hushed off-season life. Holiday hearths and cheery shopfronts provide warm refuge from chilly bogs and snow-blanketed dunes, revealing an island winter wonderland. With over one hundred images and a foreword by best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, Nantucket: The Quiet Season offers a unique view of the island, allowing all to enjoy its multifaceted charm year-round.About the AuthorCary Hazlegrove has called Nantucket home for over half her life, and her images of the island have been published extensively in magazines and books, including Weekends for Two in New England (0-8118-0857-2), and Nantucket: Seasons on the Island .Nathaniel Philbrick is a leading authority on Nantucket's history and the author of several books, including In the Heart of the Sea . He lives in Nantucket.