Product Description: A lady garbage collector? Who uses a boat? Yes, that's Ellie, and she's a salty Yankee who charges around Edgartown Harbor in an old catboat, taking no nonsense from visiting skippers in their shiny yachts. When Ellie doesn't appear one morning, her friends begin to worry, and when people begin to get mysteriously sick, even the Mayor takes up the search...read more

Product Description: A rare glimpse into the outstanding private homes and gardens of Martha's Vineyard, this classic work is expanded with new pictures and commentary. Every kind of Vineyard home, from Edgartown mansions to Gay Head beach cottages, and every kind of garden, from perennial border to wildflower meadow is featured here...read more

Product Description: From the many beautiful beaches to a listing of the island's annual events, this guide is a must-have resource when visiting Martha's Vineyard.

Product Description: In 1899, George Bird Grinnell journeyed to Alaska on the Harriman Expedition, a scientific cruise from Seattle to the North Pacific. Accompanied by explorer John Muir and photographer Edward S. Curtis, Grinnell spent two months chronicling the lives of the Natives of Alaska and Siberia...read more

Product Description: The illustrated biography of a local folk hero and Martha's Vineyard icon

Product Description: A haven for the artist and nature lovers, Nantucket is one of the most enchanting seaports in the United States, with beautiful rolling moors, sandy beaches, and charming New England architecture. Use this completely updated guide to find the very best of Nantucket--island tours, antiques shops and galleries, lodgings and restaurants, beaches and nature trails, annual events, and more...read more

Product Description: A haven for the artist and lover of beauty, Nantucket, with its rolling moors and sandy beaches, is one of the most enchanting places in America. With this guidebook in hand, go to the heart of this perfectly preserved New England seaport by: touring the island's historic district, browsing antique shops and art galleries, attending annual events such as the Nantucket Film Festival and more! Polly Burroughs pains a lively portrait of this island paradise with notes on architecture, nature, and history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In the summer of 1899, business tycoon Edward H. Harriman organized and financed a scientific expedition in which 25 of America's foremost geologists, botanists, ornithologists, and ethnologists took a two-month steamship cruise along the coast of Alaska...read more