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The Blind Curing the Blind

Gordon Gund Illuminates the Film Festival

Surgeon or Saint?

DR. JIM O’CONNELL

BEVERLY HALL Artist in Residence

HEMINGWAY’S

History on Nantucket Remembering

DAVID HALBERSTAM

Nantucket Magazine June 2017

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Cliff $10,975,000

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3 7 M a i n S t re e t , N a n t u c ke t I s l a n d , M A 0 2 5 5 4

TOWN

$2,895,000

The recently renovated Nantucket four bay historic home was originally built in 1844 . This beautiful restoration is designer decorated to create a modern warm and comfortable living space while preserving the historical nature and integrity. The renovation includes three floors of beautifully designed rooms with high quality furnishings throughout. The tranquil outdoor patio provides a great place to entertain friends and family.

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SCONSET

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$4,150,000

Located in the heart of Siasconset Village and beautifully designed by Botticelli & Pohl, this home is located on a quiet white-shelled lane.

It is sited on an over-sized lot and features four-plus bedrooms, five full baths, one half bath, a heated pool and a recently built single-car garage.

This stunning property is a classic reproduction of a rambling Sconset summer home but with all of the modern amenities. The high-quality construction, custom built-ins and the European hand scraped white oak flooring are just a few of the many fine details that highlight the quality of the construction. The spacious great room with hand hewn rustic antique beams combines a kitchen and living room that opens into a three-season room with an antique barn board ceiling and a stone fireplace. The luxurious first floor master suite with full bath and walk-in closet overlooks the pool. This property must be seen to be appreciated.

Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Kathy Gallaher, Broker

Extraordinary Homes For Extraordinary People

Sales and Rentals Office: 508-228-1881 ext. 109 Cell: 508-560-0078 kathy@maurypeople.com

MADEQUECHAM

$2,595,000

DIONIS

$6,995,000

Beautifully constructed custom-built four-bedroom, four and one half bath home ideally located halfway between Town and Sconset in a private enclave surrounded by hundreds of acres of conservation land. Among the many great attributes is the convenience to one the most beautiful beaches on Nantucket. The property features three floors of finished living space with spacious rooms and cathedral ceilings in the kitchen, living room and dining room. There are North and South facing decks and covered porches, plus a terraced garden and patio. The south-facing decks include built-in bench seating and is connected by a spiral staircase to the covered porch below. The added bonus is the studio with shower bath and the single car garage.

Exquisite estate property featuring a fully furnished four bedroom, four and one-half bath main house and a three bedroom, two and one-half bath guest cottage with an oversized two-car garage, salt-water pool, spa and pool cabana. The high-end craftsmanship combines style with efficiency that include built-ins, vaulted ceilings and high-end appliances. The extensive stonework and professional landscaping add to the high quality of this special home.

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New Hospital Construction Updates: nantuckethospital.org/newbuilding

Healing Near Home

Recovering from surgery can require more than just the proper medical care, monitoring, and rehabilitation expertise. Sometimes it’s a state-of-mind, and having the support of friends and family nearby. Is there a better place to recover than close to your home and loved ones on Nantucket?

Nantucket Cottage Hospital offers a federally-licensed surgical recovery and physical rehabilitation program for patients recovering from a major surgery, stroke, injury or illness who require additional rehab or skilled nursing. Whether you were first treated on-island or elsewhere on the mainland, the program is open to any qualifying patient wishing to recover on Nantucket near their family and friends, in the intimate comfort of our hospital.

Our Healing Near Home program is available to a variety of patients, including: • Orthopedics patients with recent major joint repair or replacements • Those recovering from a wound or major surgery • Patients with recent restorative surgery • Anyone who needs acute physical, occupational or cognitive therapy • Patients in need of post-hospitalization pain management or IV therapy • Patients who require management of diabetes, congestive heart failure, cancer treatments and other chronic conditions • Those in need of palliative or end-of-life care

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home. We felt so fortunate that we did not have to go to an off-island rehabilitation hospital to get the excellent care we needed to begin our recovery. It was right here on our island. The skilled care that we received in this program at Nantucket Cottage Hospital made a big difference in our healing process.

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and I were recovering from surgeries performed off-island and “ Ned needed a few days of nursing and rehabilitation care before returning

— Randy Wight

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WATERFRONT DIONIS ESTATE Four Acres | $21,500,000

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TWO WATERFRONT HOMES - This property has two waterfront homes each on its own two acres creating together one incredible north shore estate. The main house, studio and cottage overlook four acres of ocean-front real estate on the north shore of Nantucket Island. From the deck surrounding the pool, the second floor balcony, and the manicured path that circumnavigates the property, you are always reminded that you are thirty miles out to sea on an oasis of warm sand, grass, and cool breezes.

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Maury People Sotheby’s International Realty | 37 Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 | maurypeople.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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Decades of classic N a n t u c k e t d e s i g n experience.

Distinctive planning, Architecture, and Interiors.

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3 7 M a i n S t re e t , N a n t u c ke t I s l a n d , M A 0 2 5 5 4 MADAKET

$3,195,000

Enjoy the charm and delight of Old Madaket in this recently updated and beautifully maintained four bedroom, three full-bath, two half-bath home, offering gorgeous views and sunsets over Hither Creek and easy access to the boat landing and dock that is located directly across the street. This prime piece of real estate abuts Land Bank property and has exceptional outdoor living space that include large decks, patios, covered porches and a beautifully landscaped spacious yard.

The studio features an entertaining area with a half bath and adjoining outdoor shower.

There are three outbuildings that are conveniently located for additional storage.

This special property is located within a very short distance to the beach, bike paths, marina, convenience store, public transportation and restaurant.

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SQUAM

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$5,395,000

Located on the eastern side of the island in the peaceful and undeveloped area of Squam, this highly sought after location provides easy beach access to some of the prettiest white sand beaches in the world. The main house features a wonderful floor plan with lots of living space and beautiful water views. There are two spacious living rooms with wood burning fireplaces and four en suite bedrooms each with easy access to a large wrap around deck. The combined kitchen, living room and dining room have gorgeous water views of the Atlantic Ocean.

The master suite has a private deck with French doors that look towards the water, and a large bath with views to the harbor. A recently finished lower level includes a theater and a finished living room. Private blue-stone deck off of the rear of the house abutts nearly 300 acres of conservation land. A private two-bedroom cottage and single-car garage with ocean views!

Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Kathy Gallaher, Broker

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Sales and Rentals Office: 508-228-1881 ext. 109 Cell: 508-560-0078 kathy@maurypeople.com

SQUAM

$4,195,000

SCONSET

$2,595,000

Located on the Eastern side of the island in a highly sought after and unspoiled location, this rare offering exudes peace and tranquility.

The property features unobstructed first and second floor water views with easy beach access directly across the street. The entire parcel consists of two conforming lots which total 1.94 acres of pristine land that offers endless possibilities. Enjoy beautiful sunrises from the rear deck and stunning sunsets from the front deck from this three-bedroom, two-bath beach house.

This property is tucked in on a private lot abutting nearly 12 acres of walking trails owned by the Sconset Trust and features three bedrooms, two baths, a custom kitchen, a single-car garage and several wonderful and private outdoor living areas. There is additional ground cover available for a second dwelling, expansion to the main house and a pool.

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Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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2017 N numbers

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A numerical snapshot of June on Nantucket.

Trending N 32 What’s hip, hot, and happening on the island right now.

Ntertainment Festival edition of what to 34 AreadBook and see on island this month.

NTOPTEN 36 N’s ultimate event guide for June.

NEAT STUFF out in the Jungle Hammock, 38 Sprawl a cross between hammock and tent.

NBuzz 40

The latest news and scuttlebutt on Nantucket.

Nosh news team of B-ACK Yard BBQ have 42 The taken over the former Nix space on Water Street and renamed it The Charlie Noble.

Nteriors 44

In honor of the Nantucket Book Festival, interior designer Kathleen Hay gives us an Nsider’s guide to creating the perfect reading room.

Nspire 46 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

The incomparable Beverly Hall, who will be receiving the 2017 Merit Award from the Nantucket Arts Council this month, opens up her Madaket home for a private viewing.

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The head of Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless Dr. Jim O’Connell joins the lineup of featured authors at this year’s Nantucket Book Festival.

59 BLIND CURING THE BLIND Nantucket summer resident Gordon Gund shares his remarkable vision for curing blindness.

4 WINGSPREAD LANE ——————————————————————————————————————————— Shawkemo

This absolutely stunning property is situated on over 3.5 acres and was developed with design in mind by Botticelli and Pohl, construction by J Brown Builders, interior by Kathleen Hay Designs, and both hardscape and landscape by Ernst Land Design; a team considered best in class on Nantucket. Harbor and Town views complete with phenomenal sunsets demand your attention from this commanding private location in Shawkemo. The 5 Bedroom Main House includes top end finishes throughout, a spectacular master suite, and a lower level complete with an exceptional theater, custom wine cellar, gym, and spa. The property continues outside; areas for dining, a pool and spa, a private tennis court, play areas and an expansive yard. The thoughtfulness of scale, design, layout, attention to every detail are not to be missed and should not be overlooked in this magnificent Nantucket offering.

$13,500,000

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While abstract art has been on the rise in recent years, modern art is nothing new on Nantucket.

Kendal and Kerry tied the knot on Nantucket this fall.

A quick chat with local puppeteer Lizza Obremski

74 THE NANTUCKET EFFECT Why are Nantucketers some of the healthiest Americans?

Ndepth 80 PLAYING THE OLDIES

How one songwriter is bringing new life to Nantucket’s oldest places.

86 REPORTER REMEMBERED

Ten years after his tragic death, beloved island author David Halberstam’s words ring as true as ever.

Nvogue 94 CLIFFSIDE COUTURE

N photographer Brian Sager and his fashion team take over the Cliffside Beach Club.

Nquiry 103 THE NEW GUARD

Newly elected selectmen Rita Higgins and Jason Bridges share their visions for the future of Nantucket.

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Dress . The Lovely Necklace . Jewel in the Sea Coat . The Lovely

Alec, professional sailor

Surgeon or Saint?

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The Blind Curing the Blind

Gordon Gund Illuminates the Film Festival

The Local Magazine Read Worldwide

Despite being widely celebrated as an American icon, few people know that Ernest Hemingway’s love of the ocean began on Nantucket.

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Artist in Residence

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History on Nantucket Remembering

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Nantucket Magazine June 2017

Nantucket summer resident Gordon Gund appears on the cover of this June issue. On a mission to cure blindness, Gund is the subject of The Illumination, a short film by the Nantucket Project that will screen at this month’s Nantucket Film Festival.

Cliff

$7,500,00

“Tucked Away” aptly describes this meticulously maintained home situated on an oversized lot. This unique sought-after location offers peacefulness and privacy while providing quick, convenient access to Steps Beach and downtown Nantucket. Quality craftsmanship throughout this well-thought-out floor plan. The spacious lot offers a variety of expansion opportunities. A special home where you create your own Nantucket memories!

Tom Nevers

$2,695,000

Stunning ocean views from every room in this impeccably maintained turn-key home. Convenient beach stair access at the end of the street.

Gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, four en suite bedrooms, two half baths, two living areas each with fireplaces. This property is a must see!

$1,350,000

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Naushop

Enjoy family time in this spacious four plus bedroom, three and a half-bath home. The open floor plan is light, bright and expansive. This lovingly maintained home features a master en suite bedroom on both the first and second floor. Spend time in the lovely secluded back yard or relax on the brick patio.

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Of Vision &

Visionaries The visual transformation on Nantucket in June makes it clear that summer is upon us. The beauty of the island in spring is what draws so many artists, photographers, and sightseers to Nantucket this time of year. Indeed, sight is a gift we all take for granted, but in the case of summer resident Gordon Gund, vision has an entirely different meaning.

Our cover story about Gund is one of the most inspiring and compelling pieces we have ever included in this magazine. Since losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa at the age of thirty, he has become a remarkably successful businessman, artist and philanthropist who is now at the doorstep of curing the very disease that robbed him of his sight. The story of his life and the research his foundation has focused on over the last forty-six years could ultimately impact the lives of millions of people around the world, making Gordon Gund a true medical pioneer.

In another story about a person working in the shadows to help others, Dr. Jim O’Connell, who leads Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, is one of the unsung heroes in the medical world. In his book, Stories from the Shadows, which will be featured at the upcoming Nantucket Book Festival, O’Connell details his career as a street doctor working with a greatly underserved population.

Championed by Nantucket summer residents Dr. Cary Akins and Jack Welch, O’Connell has transformed Boston Healthcare for the Homeless into a gold standard for serving the underprivileged around the world.

In yet another medical feature, N Magazine covers what some have dubbed the “Nantucket Effect.” This story details a dramatic drop in cancer rates on the island in the past twenty years, which has been the subject of much curiosity from the medical community. While we all feel better being on Nantucket, there is something deeper going on for those who live on the island that is increasing longevity and making the island one of the healthiest places to live in the country.

As the seasons change on Nantucket, so, too, does the leadership on the island. A new guard is emerging in many aspects of island life including on the Board of Selectmen where newly elected Jason Bridges and Rita Higgins have become important and energetic voices. Their election signifies an important shift to the demographic that reflects the changing population on the island.

Watching Nantucket bloom in the spring and seeing the evolution of the island throughout the seasons is a sight to behold, but hearing of the remarkable contributions of Nantucketers like Gordon Gund is the brightest light of all.

Sincerely,

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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Bruce A. Percelay

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U.S. presidents have visited Nantucket before, during, or after their terms in office, beginning with Ulysses S. Grant in 1847.

Registered voters who cast ballots in the most recent Board of Selectmen election.

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Nantucket High School juniors were accepted by Ivy League schools this year, including one to Harvard.

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Restaurants have pianos on the island.

Estimated gallons of water used by an average Massachusetts resident per day.

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Steps to the top of the bell tower in the First Congregational Church.

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Theaters premiered the Grey Lady this spring.

Estimated gallons of water used by average Nantucket resident per day, according to Bob Gardner of the Wannacomet Water Company.

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Price John Kerry paid for his new property on Martha’s Vineyard, as reported by the Vinyard Gazette.

40 Audience choice awards were won by The Nantucket Project’s short film, The Illumination about Nantucket resident Gordon Gund.

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$11.75Million

Reservations are made for sailboats and motor boats at the Boat Basin between June and October.

$60 Million Estimated cost for new ferry terminal at Woods Hole.

Less passengers flew through Nantucket Memorial Airport in 2016 compared to 2013.

The increase in population on Nantucket since 2000.

$2.2 Million Generated for local nonprofits by the annual Figawi Charity Ball in the last twenty years.

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There was a lot more than met the eye in last month’s issue of N Magazine courtesy of our first ever scratch and sniff cover.

While our online audience couldn’t get a whiff of the full effect, the N Mag team certainly enjoyed spreading the word about it in an Instagram boomerang.

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TOY STORY Egan Maritime is making big moves by dramatically downsizing its social media game. Conceived in partnership with Moor Studio, Egan Maritime has launched the “Stormy Petrel” campaign to engage younger audiences and bring awareness to the Life Saving Museum.

With regular episodes popping up on Instagram, the #StormyPetrel is well worth toying around with.

#Throwbackthursday Nantucket’s favorite Mahon About Town Gene Mahon popped up in many a Nantucketer’s news feeds on Facebook last month. Reposted on the “Nantucket Days of Yore” public page was a classic shot of Gene from the sixties. Among the photo’s many comments, we particularly enjoyed that of Mary Keller who wrote: “Yes Gene got his start photographing for H magazine. H stood for Hippies.” Keep snapping Gene!

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Ntertainment

BOOK FESTIVAL EDITION

WHAT TO read... WHAT TO SEE...

Compiled by Tim Ehrenberg

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles

HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE

A transporting novel about a man

own Nat Philbrick discuss the importance of keep-

who is ordered to spend the rest

ing history’s lessons alive and relevant to the next

of his life inside a luxury hotel

generation of American citizens. Held on Friday,

in 1920s Moscow. You can smell

June 16th from 8:30am to 10:00am in the Dreamland

the food, taste the wine, and hear

Theater Harborview Room, this $20 event will kick

the bell hops. He can’t leave, but

off the Book Festival and includes a continental

you won’t want to either!

breakfast.

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult A story on race, privilege, injus-

OPEN BOOKS, OPEN MINDS: WRITING TO CROSS BORDERS

tice, and the role all of humanity

Legendary NPR host and author Diane Rehm helms

plays in it. Jodi always manages

a conversation with authors Kevin Young and Will

to make us stop and reflect on

Schwalbe for the opening night of the Book Festival.

timely and controversial sub-

Held in the Unitarian Meeting House on Friday,

jects, and helps us realize that

June 16th from 7:00 pm to 7:45pm, this event will

some answers in life are not just

explore how literature transcends borders of every

black and white.

kind and will set the tone for the rest of the weekend.

The Warmth of Other Suns

by Isabel Wilkerson

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Do not let its size deter you, The

back former Nantucket resident and author Finn

Warmth of Other Suns reads like

Murphy to discuss his book The Long Haul: A

a novel and resonates like a per-

Trucker’s Tale of Life on the Road. Held at the

sonal testimony. Wilkerson expertly

Dreamland Theater Harborview Room on June 16th

chronicles the decades long migra-

from 2:30pm to 3:15pm, the conversation will take

tion of black citizens who fled the

attendees behind the helm of a big rig.

Authors Laurie Halse Anderson and Nantucket’s

Local writer and filmmaker John Stanton welcomes

south with detail and beauty. These real-life people stay with you.

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and Nancy Thayer for an elegant lunch at the Nan-

There is something so simple,

tucket Yacht Club on Friday, June 16th from noon

yet profound about young adult

to 2:00pm. The intimate event will explore

literature like Bill Konigsberg’s

each author’s love of Nantucket and how it

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inspires their work. Tickets are available for

ploration on modern relation-

purchase at NantucketBookFestival.org

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PASCON Dreamcatcher Dinner & Auction

June 4 @ 6 pm Kick off the summer at the 24th annual PASCON Dreamcatcher event hosted at the Nantucket Yacht Club. Auction items include a vacation to Los Cabos resort and access to the Four Seasons at Hermitage Ski Club, among many others. Bidding and tickets will support PASCON. For tickets and more information, visit www.pascon.org

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Bike Nantucket

June 11, 8:15 a.m.

Pedal to provide support to children and families in the Nantucket community at the third annual Bike Nantucket. Benefitting Fairwinds Counseling Center, Bike Nantucket offers four scenic bike loops for all ages and skill levels.

To get involved, visit www.bikenantucket.org

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Nantucket Restaurant Week

June 5 – 11 Nantucket Restaurant Week is the perfect opportunity to taste at the top spots on the island before the summer rush. Enjoy prix fixe menus at twenty participating restaurants, which can be found at www. nantucketrestaurantweek.com

Plein Air Festival Nantucket

June 13 – 18 Hosted by the Artists Association of Nantucket , the sixth annual outdoor painting festival is open to all artists and includes a paintout at Brant Point Lighthouse and Quick Paint along South Beach where you can see your works hanging for sale even before the paint dries. For more information, visit www.nantucketarts.org

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Nantucket Preservation Trust Golden Age Symposium

June 6 – 8 Join the conversation about conservation at Nantucket Preservation Trust’s three-day symposium. Local and nationally-recognized architects will lead lectures and tours highlighting the island’s historic architecture, award-winning beaches, and conservation lands. For tickets and more information, visit www.nantucketpreservationsymposium.org

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Marketplace

June 15 – 24 @ 10 a.m.

Bid hello to Rafael’s Marketplace Auction at the American Legion Hall, showcasing exceptional fine arts and antiques. Let the bidding begin! For more information, visit www.rafaelosonaauction.com

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Book Festival

June 16 – 18 This weekend is one for the books! The sixth annual Nantucket Book Festival celebrates literary life with three days, twenty-one events, and sixty-eight authors. For more information, visit www.nantucketbookfestival.org

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Nantucket Young Playwrights

June 17 @ 4 - 5 p.m.

Discover the talents of young playwrights as local students see their original plays come to life, performed by professionals at White Heron Theatre. For more information, visit www. nantucketbookfestival.org

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Nantucket Film Festival

June 21 – 26 Join the Nantucket Film Festival in its 22nd year of celebrating the art of storytelling, screenwriting, and cinema. This year’s festival is boasting a series of acclaimed original events, feature films, and cinema enthusiasts.

For tickets and more information, visit www. nantucketfilmfestival.org

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The Blush Bash June 25, 12 - 4 P.M.

A celebration of Nantucket’s favorite pink drink? Yes way rosé! Join us at Bartlett’s Farm for oysters, live music, and the island’s finest rosé selections, followed by a dance party at Cisco Brewers. For tickets and more information, visit www.theblushbash.com

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Hammocks have been hanging around forever, but one new model is taking it to new extremes. Fusing a hammock with a tent, Clark Outdoors designed the Jungle Hammock, a lightweight, mosquito-proof cocoon of relaxation. Rolling up to the size of a sub sandwich and equipped with small, lightweight poles, the Jungle Hammock is easy to travel with and would be a perfect accompaniment for a day-trip in the Moors. To zip up in a Jungle Hammock of your own, visit junglehammock.com.

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NBUZZ different home on the island. (At press time, their home on Hulbert Ave was still on the market.) According to the Globe, Kerry purchased an eighteen-acre waterfront property in Chilmark for $11.75 million this past March. He and Heinz have been staples on the island for several decades, and were married in their home on Hulbert Ave in 1995.

They will be missed.

The Boston Globe reported last month that longtime summer resident John Kerry has purchased an estate on Martha’s Vineyard, thus confirming yearlong speculation that the former Secretary of State was leaving Nantucket for good. Around the same time last year, news broke that Kerry’s Hulbert Ave estate had been put on the market, but it was unclear whether he and his wife, Teresa Heinz, were planning on purchasing a Nantucket House

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tucket. “When I was a little girl, I

at the Whaling

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Museum on July

notepad,” Ott says. “I dressed up as a

21st. With half

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the ticket sales

and I started collecting every issue

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of Martha Stewart’s Wedding Maga-

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planning came in Los Angeles with

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pro wedding planner Mindy Weiss.

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With hundreds of weddings taking

a dazzling array of food, wine and spirits, and danc-

place on the island every year, Milly

ing. Flying in from the Big Apple courtesy of Chateau

& Grace Weddings is perfectly posi-

d’Esclans, DJ Rosé will be spinning records from top

tioned to takeoff. Among Caroline’s

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first weddings to plan, however, will

theme, attendees are encouraged to wear something

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The Nantucket Book Festival turns the page on another year of worldrenowned authors this month. With headliners such as Diane Rehm, Elliot Ackerman, Betsy Lerner, Will Schwalbe and Alice Hoffman, programs will take place at a number of local venues including the Atheneum, the Dreamland, and the Unitarian Meeting House. The festival will also highlight some of Nantucket’s own authors such as Nathaniel Philbrick, Bernie Swain, Nancy Thayer, Sarah Leah Chase and N Magazine editor Robert Cocuzzo. Of the many inspiring authors to take the stage throughout the festival, Dr. Jim O’Connell, the head of the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, is sure to be a standout (read more

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about Dr. O’Connell on page 52). The Book Festival takes place from June 16th to 18th. More information is available at nantucketbookfestival.org.

GOLDEN

OPPORTUNITY

On June 6th, the Nantucket Preser-

on Nantucket’s Golden Age of archi-

vation Trust kicks off its

tecture. Headlining the three-

annual symposium with a stel-

day conference will

Siminoff announced that he and his supersuccessful home security company Ring has teamed up with none other than NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal in a year-long campaign to reduce neighborhood crime across the country. Ring is a doorbell equipped with a camera

lar program of speakers, scene tours

be

and events. Celebrating its 20th an-

tectural critic Paul Goldberger. Tickets

their door. The device has shown to dramati-

niversary, the Preservation Trust

are available at nantucketpreservation-

cally thwart burglary, with one community in

will focus this year’s symposium

Pulitzer Prize-winning archi-

Last month, Nantucket summer resident Jamie

symposium.org.

that alerts homeowners when someone is at

Los Angeles showing a staggering 55 percent decrease in break-ins. Partnering up, Siminoff and Shaq will donate $1 million worth of Ring devices to communities across the country.

“I grew up in a tough neighborhood and saw

This month, the Nantucket Film Festival celebrates

my fair share of crime; our neighborhoods

twenty-two years of bringing world-class cinema to

need to be safer,” O’Neal said. “As a deputy

the island with an impressive movie lineup. Stand-

police officer and a Ring customer, I’m excited

outs include Rory Kennedy’s Take Every Wave

to partner with the Ring team to further their

about renowned big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, a documentary about the late superstar

noble mission of reducing neighborhood

Whitney Houston titled Can I Be, and the sequel to Al Gore’s watershed global warm-

crime.” After inventing the Ring device in his

ing film Inconvenient Truth, which will close out the festival. The Film Festival will

garage, Siminoff appeared on the reality show

also screen The Illumination, a short film created by The Nantucket Project about this

Shark Tank (he turned down the sharks’ offers)

issue’s cover feature

and was eventually approached by Richard

Gordon Gund (read

Branson as an investor. Ring is now in over a

more on page 59).

million homes and just secured $109 million

The Film Festival

in funding to help further their reach. Adding

takes place from

Shaq to the Ring roster was another slam dunk.

More information is available at nantucketfilmfestival.org.

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s the proprietors of B-ACK Yard BBQ on Straight Wharf and the Surfside Smokehouse in Plymouth for the last few years, Fred Bisaillon and Denise Corson have created successful establishments through handmade, honest food that people really enjoy. That philosophy in the kitchen is what’s behind the couple’s latest collaboration at The Charlie Noble on South Water Street.

Named after the shiny, well-kept copper smokestack in a ship’s galley, The Charlie Noble focuses on fresh seafood and bar fare. The menu is hearty, family friendly, and reasonably priced with sandwiches and burgers costing $15–$20 and full entrees ticking toward the $30 mark. Similar to his barbecue joint just down the street at the base of Straight Wharf, Bisaillon’s menu offers something for everyone with burgers, raw bar, soups and salads, buckets of fried chicken, seafood towers, street corn, coleslaw, and all the fixings.

The Charlie Noble will have the most extensive beer tap systems on the island, which will include fourteen regularly updated selections of beers including a variety of European brews, as well as a handful of fine, domestic, craft selections.

Denise Corson, one of the island’s most beloved bartenders and restaurant managers, will oversee the front of the house and curate a selection of whiskeys, tequilas, and a margarita list that she says will rival anything else on Nantucket.

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The team from B-ACK Yard BBQ is opening The Charlie Noble in the former space of Nix on South Water Street.

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Featuring high top bar tables,

Since that time, Bisaillon, the one-time executive chef

the bar area is separated from

at the Brant Point Grill at the White Elephant, has dreamed

the main dining space by a

of opening a restaurant in this space. “The AC was important

partition. The rear of the res-

to Nantucket,” he says. “It was family friendly for locals and

taurant will house a variety of

tourists alike, and it was awesome year round.” And while The Charlie Noble has its own philosophy when it comes to its presence on Nantucket, the legacy of the space they inhabit will live on by honoring the Atlantic Café’s memory in this community.

table games including foosball and the shuffleboard table from the old Captain Tobey’s. “It’s going to be a fun atmosphere without being an arcade or a nightclub,” says Bisaillon. “We’re hoping to hit that sweet spot.” They hope the rear gaming area will draw those looking to head downtown for some casual, low-key nightlife.

The restaurant space at 15 South Water Street has seen a few iterations over the years, but none so meaningful to the Nantucket community as the Atlantic Café. Owned and operated by John and Kate O’Connor for many years, it was a regular watering hole and family-dining establishment that many Nantucketers often patronized. For any kid that grew up on Nantucket during that time, it’s hard not to remember stopping in there for a meal or a snack before a movie at the old Dreamland or a jaunt over to the Juice Bar for some ice cream.

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READING ROOM Designed & written by Kathleen Hay

Photo by Jeffery Allen

An nsider’s Design Guide to the Home Library The lobby at the White Elephant Inn is a sophisticated refuge designed to make visitors feel like they are guests in a private country house. The study, located in the rear lobby, is set apart from the adjacent open reception area by an architectural portico. The fireplace stands as the focal point of the space and brings a warmth both literally and figuratively. Shelves were added on either side to further augment the feeling of a private residence and give guests the opportunity to borrow a book to read and enjoy during their stay. Requisite seaside accents finish off the glass shelves that are illuminated with a hidden strip of LED lighting. A study in a neutral palette, the room is visually interesting through a careful layering of textures. We believe that the furnishings should be the backdrop to the people that will inhabit and ultimately bring “color” to the space.

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Fireplace

The linear “ribbon of fire” keeps the space feeling modern.

Spark Modern Fires

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Fireplace Surround

White ledger stone was selected for the fireplace surround for its glimmering, textural quality; it provides sufficient interest to stand on its own, removing the necessity for a mantle or artwork.

Artic White Ledger Stone – The Tile Room, Nantucket

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Chandelier

We chose a fixture that was large enough to have impact, but airy in feel to avoid too much visual noise in the quiet sitting area. This fixture also adds an element of movement with two rotating spheres lending a playful accent.

Custom Jessica Chandelier, Bradley

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Pair of Wing Chairs

The Eastwood Modern Wing chairs were chosen for their clean lines. The back is high enough to provide support while reading. They are a dramatic addition covered in an updated Ikat pattern.

Chairs: Duralee Fine Furniture Fabric: “Darya Ikat” by Schumacher

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Coffee Table

The concrete table was selected for both its form and function. The tortoise shell finish and solid shape keep the area free of too many furniture legs, and the concrete surface lends a durability for a space used by the public.

Simone Cocktail Table: Bradley

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Area Rug

The subtle faux bois texture of the area rug is the foundation of the space and a perfect option in both color and texture.

Karastan “Faux Bois” available through Marine Home Center

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Nspire Nspire

Artist in Residence Written by Mary Bergman

Photography by Kit Noble

The incomparable Beverly Hall opens up her MADAKET home for a private showing Nantucket photographer

only on Nantucket, but within the

Beverly Hall has spent her life

people I was photographing was

capturing the world around her.

what really made the portrait spe-

Renowned for iconic images of the

cial,” she says. When she closed

rustic, weather-beaten Nantucket of

The Children’s Gallery, she hung

the 1960s and 1970s, Hall has cre-

the portraits along with a new

ated her home on Hither Creek as

sign: Beverly Hall Photography.

a reflection of the fascinating life

She operated a photo studio in an-

she’s led over the last fifty years on

other shack at Steps Beach, where

Nantucket. This June, she can add a

she coaxed countless smiles out

new piece to her home after she re-

of children and families. “Kids, of

ceives the 2017 Merit Award from

course, will just give you who they

the Nantucket Arts Council.

are, if you are willing to work with

The story of how Hall ar-

them on their level,” she says.

rived on Nantucket is almost too

Like her earlier studio and

good to be true. At twenty-four

them, and the rest were working

gallery, her home began its life

years old, this girl from Queens

artists,” Hall says. She returned

as a fishing shanty. “The place

boarded a ferry she thought was

the following year and opened

has been under constant, continu-

bound for Martha’s Vineyard. In-

The Children’s Gallery, an art

ous construction—it’s a work in

stead, she landed on Nantucket

school for children on Old South

process,” she says. In 2013, she

and spent two weeks on the island

Wharf.

married husband David Billings,

before shuttling over to the Vine-

A shutterbug from a young

an Asian art collector and expert,

yard. “That was the sixties, when

age, Hall began taking photos of

and together they have created

it was just shanties, and there

her students. “I realized, very ear-

a world away in their home on

were fishermen in one or two of

ly on that the quality of light, not

Hither Creek.

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he red-trimmed windows that peer on to the creek are replicas of the ones found in Greater Light on Howard Street, home of sister artists Hanna and Gertrude Monaghan. Like Hall, the Monaghans lived for the pursuit of art. They would have felt at home on Hither Creek, where a huge crystal chandelier, purchased at an island estate sale, illuminates intricate silk tapestries. There is no hierarchy among objects in Hall’s home. Pieces from a silver service have been repurposed as planters for orchids, which appear to float on platforms that jut out above an indoor koi pond, where the fish have overwintered. A Buddha carved from a solid piece of wood is flanked by two cherubs. Hall’s home may be situated in the west-

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Books line the walls of her theol-

the family of James Parks Morton,

the world around you. It is a remind-

ogy library and are piled high on the

the dean of the Cathedral. “I used my

er that living on an island does not

bedside table. Ideas and memories

camera in order to explore my faith,

have to be an isolating experience.

fill the pages of her notebooks, as

in order to see what it was that was

After all, Nantucket whalemen were

they have since her days

circling the globe long before

at Johns Hopkins where

anyone else. Hall’s home is

she received an MFA in

reflective of the old Nantucket

creative writing. “The only

spirit that’s becoming increas-

difference between sacred

ingly rare today. Indeed, it’s a treasure unto itself.

and scared is how you see it,” she

bigger than I was,” she says. In 2002,

says. Hall’s fascination with religion

she hit the books again and became a

Beverly Hall will be receiv-

and spirituality goes back as far as her

divinity student at Episcopal Divinity

ing the 2017 Merit Award from the

artistic inclinations. In the 1970s, she

School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Nantucket Arts Council on Thursday,

was the photographer-in-residence at

Hall’s vision has allowed her

June 29 at 5:30 in the Nantucket Hotel

the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine

to create a sanctuary that celebrates

Ballroom. Visit Nantucketartscouncil.

in New York City after befriending

what it means to really experience

org to purchase tickets.

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Tuesday, July 11th: Elin Hilderbrand

Thursday, Aug. 3rd: Buzz Bissinger

Elin Hilderbrand is a New York Times bestselling novelist and a long-time Nantucket resident. Known as the “Queen of the Beach Read”, Elin will read from and talk about her book “The Identicals”, available June 13th.

Buzz Bissinger, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, known for his non-fiction book Friday Night Lights. He is a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and has just released a book, The Secrets of my Life, co-authored with Caitlyn Jenner.

Friday, July 28th: Bernie Swain

Monday, August 14th: Mark Tercek

Bernie, a legend in the lecture industry, shares in his book first-hand accounts of the powerful influences and defining moments of some of today’s most accomplished leaders — from Colin Powell and Terry Bradshaw to Tom Brokaw.

Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. He is the author of the Washington Post and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling book Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature.

Monday, July 31st: Mark Halperin Mark Halperin is an author, political analyst for MSNBC, and former co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics. He is the co-author of Game Change and Double Down: Game Change 2012.

Tickets are $25 for each event, and are available at the Dreamland Box Office, or online at

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SURGEON or

SAINT? Written by Robert Cocuzzo

Photography by Kit Noble

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The inspiring Dr. Jim O’Connell

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n the summer of 2005, Jack Welch leaned over and whispered something to Dr. Cary Akins that made the cardiologist’s heart skip a beat. “I want to donate a million dollars to a charity of your choice,” the former chairman of General Electric said. The two Nantucket summer residents were sitting at a table at Topper’s, but only few months earlier, Welch was lying on Akins’s operating table undergoing bypass surgery. He now wanted to thank the doctor for saving his life by making a million-dollar donation in his honor. “Let me give it some thought,” Akins said. Akins said.

The following spring, Welch opened his front door on Beacon Street in Boston to find Dr. Akins huddled under an umbrella with Dr. Jim O’Connell, the president of Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless Program. The two doctors had met years earlier when Dr. O’Connell was just a medical student, but now Akins considered him to be something of a saint and deserving of Welch’s

donation. It didn’t take long for him to make his case. “There was almost a halo around him,” Welch remembers. “If there ever was a saint on earth, it’s Jim O’Connell. He is about the most beautiful, caring individual you’ll ever meet.”

For twenty years, Dr. O’Connell had been caring for patients in homeless shelters, clinics, and on the streets of Boston. Armed with a medical bag, he made house calls to people living under bridges, alleyways, and public parks, forgoing a big medical payday to care for the city’s neediest and forgotten. When he met Jack Welch in 2005, Dr. O’Connell was mounting a capital campaign to transform the former city morgue into a hospital dedicated to caring for the homeless. By the end of their first meeting, Welch was ready to sign over a million-dollar donation to help the doctor N magazine

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This June, Dr. O’Connell will be

on the island as a featured author at the Nantucket Book Festival where he will be discussing his poignant memoir Stories from the Shadows. While his book provides a rare glimpse into the lives of the homeless, hearing Dr. O’Connell speak brings greater understanding to this most confounding instance of human suffering.

“I had never done anything in

homelessness,” Dr. O’Connell says sitting in his office in what was once the city’s morgue. “I remember the initial feeling of being overwhelmed by just how complicated all the medical stuff was.” Dr. O’Connell began treating the homeless at Pine Street Inn in 1985. He had just finished his residency running the ICU at Mass General, and yet he remembers thinking, “This is way more complicated than the ICU.” Compounding the complexities of treating drug-resistant tuberculosis, AIDS, and diabetes with limited resources, Dr. O’Connell needed to gain the trust of his patients.

“Nothing changes in the life of

a homeless person unless you slow down and take the time to earn their trust and develop a lasting relationship,” he remembers the Pine Street Inn nurses telling him. So for the first two months at Pine Street, this high-powered doctor from Mass General did nothing but soak the feet of the homeless and listen to their stories. “Instead of getting discouraged, I just got drawn into the lives of these folks,” he says. “I thought I was only going to do this for a year, but at the end of the year, I wouldn’t dream of leaving.”

To witness the true magic of

Dr. O’Connell one must hit the streets with him. Every Friday, he and a team

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oday, Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless Program is a marvel of medical tech-

rounds through Boston, visiting with pa-

nology that put some of the nearby hospitals to shame when it first opened. It’s con-

tients in public parks, train stations, and

sidered the gold standard for caring for the homeless. Yet perhaps more impressive than

alleyways. On this particular Friday, Dr.

the facility itself is the caliber of caregivers walking its halls. The hospital employs a staff

O’Connell’s first “appointment” is with

of 485 people, including full-time doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, dentists, and casework-

five men and a young woman sitting on

ers. At the head of it all is still Dr. Jim O’Connell.

park benches.

“Hey Dr. Jim,” one of the men

O’Connell examines a series of swollen

calls out, rising from the bench to greet him.

injection sights around her neck. In quick

touch with the dark parts of your own life,”

Larry is originally from Mississippi and has

order, he discovers that he also treats the

O’Connell says, as he finishes his street

known Dr. O’Connell for the better part of

young lady’s father, who is homeless due to

rounds for the day. “Part of the brokenness

twenty years. “I’ll tell you one thing,” he

drug addiction. This spurs a flood of discus-

you feel inside, you feel in the people out-

says, after the doctor moves on to his next

sion, as the woman hasn’t seen her father in

side.” And perhaps through that empathy,

several months.

“Working on the street puts you in

doctor and patient both find a way to heal.

Watching the interac-

As a featured author at the Nantucket

tion illustrates what is

Book Festival, Dr. Jim O’Connell will be

perhaps Dr. O’Connell’s

speaking with N Magazine editor Robert

greatest gift: his ability

Cocuzzo at 3:30 pm on Friday, June 16th in

to listen. Every minute

the Dreamland Harborview Room.

of this physician’s day is spoken for. His schedule is so busy and demandpatient. “That Dr. Jim, he has a good heart

ing that he has a full-time assistant to man-

on him.”

age it. Add to the mix a wife and an infant

Next the doctor speaks with a

daughter, and Dr. O’Connell’s time is as

middle-aged man named Sean. From where

precious as it comes.

he’s seated, Sean points to two street cor-

ners across the way where he recently lost a

during the course of his discussion with this

close friend and his girlfriend to drug over-

young woman, he shows not the slightest

doses. “She died on my chest, right there,”

hint of urgency or impatience. Instead he lis-

he says. “Right there.” Drug addiction

tens intently and asks questions like a coun-

and alcoholism are two primary causes of

try doctor checking in with a family he’s

homelessness. Dr. O’Connell and his team

known for decades. Just as he learned from

work tirelessly to help patients through de-

the very beginning when soaking feet at the

tox programs. But when the patient finally

Pine Street Inn, the first course of treatment

gets sober, the crushing realities of being

when caring for the homeless is restoring the

homeless can be too much for them to bear

dignity that every human deserves.

And yet as the minutes tick by

and they often relapse. “It’s a vicious cycle,” Dr. O’Connell says.

After about an hour, Dr. O’Connell

and his team continue on to North Station.

Along the way, the doctor speaks with a man sitting slumped in an electric wheelchair, his right leg missing. The limb was claimed by successive bouts of frostbite over the course of ten years. “First he lost his toes, then his foot, then his knee,” Dr. O’Connell says. Beyond his amputated limb, the man looks painfully frail and emaciated. His face is weathered and strained. A conservative guess might peg him in his late seventies. “He’s forty-five,” Dr. O’Connell says.

Outside the Boston Garden, the

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BLIND Curing The BLIND Written by Robert Cocuzzo & Bruce A. Percelay

Photo by Van Sarki

Summer resident Gordon Gund illuminates the Film Festival this June in a documentary by The Nantucket Project.

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man does not al- father’s family brewery, Gund’s father ways need eyes to see, or sight to have vi- purchased a coffee company that he later

Yet instead of succumbing to his

mer resident Gordon Gund was rendered After a number of savvy investments dur-

handicap, Gordon and Lulie Gund commit-

completely blind by a degenerative eye ing the Great Depression, George Gund

ted themselves to finding a cure. “We were

disease called retinitis pigmentosa. This II eventually became the director of the

naïve,” says Gund. “The US had just put a

loss would have derailed most, but Gund’s Cleveland Trust Company and turned it

man on the moon eighteen months before,

condition actually set him on a course of into the largest bank in Ohio. He and his

so we thought it would take five to ten years

discovery that is now having profound ef- wife, Jessica, had six children, and, despite

to have the answers. Well it doesn’t work

fects in the fight to cure blindness. The their growing fortune, they raised them

that way.”

A year after he went blind, the

told in an award-

Gunds founded the

winning film by The

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Nantucket Project

Foundation, what is

screening at the

today the Foundation

Film Festive this

Fighting Blindness.

month, not only

“It was like working

illustrates how a per-

with a blank canvas

son learned to live

at the time,” says

with adversity, but

Gund. “We had to

also how he turned

build up the knowl-

weakness into a strength that’s now chang- course in life. That was especially the case ing the future of mankind.

“I think that everybody has a lot more

for their middle son, Gordon.

Gund studied at Harvard before en-

edge base about the retina, about this family of diseases, and of the visual process. It was a monumental job.”

capacity in all of their senses than we use,” tering the Navy, where he served as an of-

Gund became fluent in the complex

says Gund, now seventy-seven. “Sight is ficer on two destroyers in the Pacific. After

medical language of blindness, a feat

probably the one we use the most—it’s a his service in the Navy, he went into bank-

made all the more astounding by the fact

very visual world. But we have much more ing and began amassing his own career

that he relied on the material being read

capacity to listen in different dimensions.” accomplishments in corporate finance.

to him. Finding braille too slow and te-

With his wife Lulie of fifty-one years by He learned how to fly a plane and navi-

dious, he taped conversations and meet-

his side, Gund has turned his other senses gated his own private jet up and down the

ings and played them at high-speed over

into superpowers that have propelled him East Coast. With a beautiful wife and two

and over to commit the information to

to astounding heights as a businessman, healthy children, Gund’s life seemed set.

memory. “If I go to a board meeting, I

sports team owner, philanthropist, and But in the 1960s, his sight began to fail.

can’t just look at a piece of paper in front

artist. “Gordon is so determined,” Lulie First he started losing his peripheral vi-

of me and follow along,” Gund says. “I

Gund says. “It’s not like you have to push sion, then his ability to see at night. An

have to gather that info ahead of time,

him—if anything you have to hold him optometrist diagnosed him with retinitis

lock it in, and think about it so it’s not

pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease

just words or numbers, but that I really

Determination runs deep in Gund’s that usually claims people’s vision in their

understand it.” In time, Gund’s memory

down.”

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pletely blind.

sion. At the age of thirty, Nantucket sum- sold to Kellogg’s for $10 million in stock.

story of Gordon Gund, which is powerfully to be self-reliant and carve out their own

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case, and by the age of thirty, he was com-

multiplied in capacity.

“Gordon is so determined...It’s not like you have to push him—if anything you have to hold him down.”

— Lulie Gund

(Clockwise from top) Gordon Gund; Gordon and Lulie Gund; Gordon and Lulie and their sons; Gordon and Lulie Gund and their son.

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Gordon Gund with his sculptures on his property on Nantucket.

Photos by Kit Noble.

eanwhile his blindness seemed to pour gasoline on the fire of his life, and he began to flourish in unexpected arenas. Gund took up skiing and braved steep slopes with an aid calling out each turn and obstacle. After a friend on Nantucket introduced him to wood carving, he dove headlong into sculpture. Today his towering bronze pieces not only dot his lawn on Nantucket, but they have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the country.

Stripped of visual distraction and tuned into the nuances of each negotiation, Gund thrived as a businessman. Along with serving as a director of the Kellogg Company and Corning, Gund’s investment group amassed a portfolio that includes vast real estate holdings, advertising agencies, and ingenious medical innovations such as Invisalign. In partnership with his brother, George, Gund bought and sold three sports teams, including the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first Lebron James era. In 2016, Gund helped hoist a title banner in the arena formerly named N magazine

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But Gund’s crowning achievements still appear to be on the immediate horizon. After forty-six years of painstaking fundraising, intense research, and exhaustive trials, the Gunds’

foundation is finally finding cures to the

The Illumination also captures

kind of diseases that robbed him of his

the heartwarming relationship between

sight. Nine years ago, an eight-year-

Gordon and Lulie Gund. “I wouldn’t

old boy from Belgium named Yannick

have done anything like what I have

Duwe became the first person to have

without Lulie,” Gund says of his wife.

his sight restored through a form of gene

“It’s hard for me to think of how it

therapy backed by Gund and his founda-

would be without her, because fortu-

tion. “Now there are more than a hun-

nately that has not been the case.” But

dred children and young adults who have

Lulie insists that her husband would

been through that clinical trial and all of

have achieved the same heights with-

whom have had significant amounts of

out her, only “doing it together made it

sight restored,” Gund says.

much more fun than onerous.”

The gene therapy has since been

Of the ten million people living

submitted for FDA approval. “If it’s ap-

with diseases such as retinitis pigmen-

proved—and we have every expectation

tosa in the United States, Gund himself

that it will—it will be the very first gene

will never regain his vision. His condi-

The Illumination will be screening on

therapy ever approved by the FDA for

tion is too far gone. But in his mind’s

Friday, June 23rd at 4:45 pm at the

any genetic disease in the United States,”

eye, he sees a future where no one else

Dreamland Main Theater as part of the

Gund explains. This watershed approval

will carry the burden he has for the last

Nantucket Film Festival. A question and

could then open the doors for other ge-

forty-seven years. Indeed, he and Lulie

answer session with Gordon and Lulie

netic therapies that treat a host of dis-

have set a legacy in place that will con-

Gund will follow.

eases beyond those that cause blindness.

tinue to illuminate eyes and minds for

This triumph is one the many pow-

generations to come.

erful stories captured in The Illumination, an award-winning short film about Gordon and Lulie Gund created by The Nantucket Project. The eighteen-minute film debuted at last year’s Nantucket Project and has since won audience choice awards at both the Cleveland International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival. This June, The Illumination will be screened as part of the Nantucket Film Festival, and the Gunds will be in attendance. “The movie shows that if you’re blind, it’s not the end of the line,” says Lulie. “There’s a

(Clockwise from the top) Gordon Gund with Lebron James, who Gund was integral in signing to the Cleveland Cavaliers; Yannick Duwe, the first person to have his sight restored by gene therapy made possible by Gund’s Foundation for Fighting Blindness.

lot you can do.”

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In the

Abstract Written by Josh Gray

Photography by Kit Noble

The modern art trend on Nantucket The art market on Nantucket traditionally big driving force with my clients is that they conjures the quintessential seascape, oil don’t want to have what everyone else has; they paintings of Brant Point or acrylics of the want a different approach.” downtown skyline looming in the distance.

Hay says she was first cognizant of the

But over the last decade, contemporary art trend away from the layered, “beachy” Nanhas been on the rise and now makes up a tucket interiors of soft blues and yellows back significant share of the market, with several in 2006 after decorating a spec home in a very prominent galleries dealing almost exclu- contemporary style and seeing a hugely positive sively in the genre.

response. “I’ve personally been so grateful for

“The trends we are seeing now relate the shift away from the predictable, each job is to an overall trend in decorating more than so different now.” anything else,” says Ron Cavalier, owner of

While it may appear to be an emerging

the Cavalier Gallery since 2000. Cavalier’s trend, non-representational art is actually nothgallery features a wide variety of represen- ing new on Nantucket. Back in 1945, there was tational, contemporary, photographic, and a small but vocal group of artists that objected abstract art forms. “Younger buyers want to the newly formed Artists’ Association of something different than what mom and Nantucket. The majority of the Association’s grandma had on the walls.”

founding members wanted the organization to

Interior designer Kathleen Hay whole- focus on traditional, representational art. But heartedly agrees with this view. “We have there was a segment of modern artists, known definitely seen the acceptance of all things as the ’45 Group, who felt they were going to modern in art and decoration,” she explains. be excluded, or worse, forgotten. These paint“It’s actually kind of startling to see how ers represented the first of the modern art movecontemporary Nantucket has gotten, and a ment on Nantucket.

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(Clockwise from the top) Interior designed Kathleen Hay sitting in front of contemporary work by Sherri Bustad in her office; artist and former gallery owner Reggie Levine; a piece by James McNabb available at the Samuel Owen Gallery.

his was a group that split off and was far more adventurous for the time,” says Reggie Levine, a long-time Nantucket resident, artist, and former owner of The Main Street Gallery, which dominated the Nantucket arts scene in the 1970s and eighties. “This was the first time you saw a change taking place. Abstract was there in the seventies at the Main Street Gallery, but at that time, abstract was not a shock...But it took those thirty years to get there.”

Nantucket’s reluctant and languorous trek toward the acceptance of the modern and abstract art was a reflection of the population, says Levine. “The population was historically very disciplined and conservative. Then, in the sixties, the [real estate] market opened up when there was a rush to buy property, bringing a whole different group of people with a whole other attitude,” he explains. “They weren’t as enamored with the island’s history, and that long held conservatism went out the window with some of the younger people that arrived. This was an extraordinary influx of people, and they had very strong feelings about what constituted art.”

It was only a few years after this occurrence that Levine opened his Main Street Gallery, and proudly represented the works of many contemporary Nantucket artists, in addition to his own work. “Abstract, non-representational art dominated the scene during the time of the Main Street Gallery, and Reggie was one of the first to highlight great artists from places like New York and New Jersey,” says Bobby Frazier, an island artist and the Artists’ Association’s curator of exhibitions.

After the Main Street Gallery closed in the 1980s, the X Gallery picked up the mantle of the modern movement on Nantucket, further cementing non-representational art’s gradual climb up the ladder of popularity. “The art scene on Nantucket has always had a dominant gallery at a given time,” says Frazier. “And the X Gallery was all about non-representational art, setting the stage, and establishing the strength of the scene for the galleries from Greenwich and New York, and N magazine

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Lee Milazzo with a piece by Paul Rousso available at the Samuel Owen Gallery.

he 1990s and early 2000s saw a return to representational dominance, and was likely influenced by the fashions of the period, the dominant ideas in interior design, and, most importantly, the stable of artists creating works at the time. To some, this suggests something of a cyclical nature as it relates to the sales market. “There’s been galleries handling modern and the contemporary for a long time on Nantucket,” says Ron Cavalier. “But then representational sales went blockbuster for years,” he adds, referring to that period around the turn of this century.

Lee Milazzo, owner of the Samuel Owen Gallery on Centre Street is entering his third year in business and says the expansion from his Greenwich, Connecticut storefront was led by the opportunity to open shop in a place he believed was still underrepresenting contemporary artists and pieces.

“It was the same in Greenwich, too, at the time we started our gallery there,” he says, referring to himself and his wife, Cynthia. “There were a lot of traditional and representative galleries and just about

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what I was trained in or personally collect. So the first thing that attracted me to Greenwich and Nantucket was to put a gallery like ours in a place with a backdrop that really made it stand out.”

ing characteristic being that their work transcends time, place, and what happens to be in fashion.

For those whose tastes still firmly lie in the representational and traditional, Levine says collectors need not fear: “The harbor scenes, the shingles, and the seagulls will always be with us.”

From Hay’s perspective, the shift back to representational art having an edge in the market may already be in motion. “It will be interesting to see what comes back in fashion,” she says. “In my mind it has to do with the people coming in. It’s a very worldly and well-traveled group, which could represent a big, unexpected change in the years to come.” At the end of the day, adds Cavalier, “Buy what you love; buy what you love; buy what you love.”

While Milazzo represents several locals such as surf and fine art photographer Jonathan Nimerfroh, many of his artists are based around the country. “The reception has been great, better than expected,” he says.

Levine also speaks to this point: “Take a look at the galleries today. Some of them have been quite adventurous and have really gone out of the way to show more and more abstract, and have made

Pieces by Charles Patrick and Gian Garofalo available at the Samuel Owen Gallery.

the modern movement more prevalent due to these galleries pushing it to some degree,” he says.

Both Milazzo and Cavalier agreed that no matter what the trends may be, they focus on signing artists who are talented beyond reproach, with the definN magazine

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The

Nantucket Effect Written by Jason Graziadei Photography by Kit Noble

Why are Nantucketers healthier than the rest of the United States? esearchers have long pondered the health effects of where people live.

The blue zone theory, for instance, suggests that residents of five geographic areas across the globe, from Japan to California, live longer lives based on a variety of shared characteristics such as diet, physical activity, and social engagement. A recent study gives Nantucket its own distinction, identifying the island as a surprising standout in the fight against cancer.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that cancer mortality across the United States decreased by 20 percent between 1980 and 2014. But what the study revealed about Nantucket was startling: The cancer death rate on the island had dropped an astonishing 42 percent, one of the largest measured decreases in the country during the study period. The finding was so dramatic, Boston’s NPR station, WBUR, dubbed it “The Nantucket Effect.”

Using death records from the National Center for Health Statistics, as well as population counts from the Census Bureau and the Human Mortality Database, researchers from the University of Washington looked at twenty-nine different types of cancers and mortality rates based on county of residence. The study found the

Change in cancer mortality

overall 20 percent decline in cancer mortality across the country, but noticed important changes in trends, patterns, and differences at the county level, with Nantucket being one of the major outliers.

Since 1980, for example, the death rate in cases of stomach cancer on Nantucket fell by 69.3 percent, while testicular cancer mortality dropped 72.1 percent. The four drivers in cancer mortality, according to lead researcher Ali Mokdad, include: socioeconomic factors, such as wealth and education; access to healthcare and preventative screenings through health insurance; the quality of the medical care available; and preventable risk factors like smoking, alcohol consumption, and diet.

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“If you look at any county and watch these four driv-

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ers, you can understand what is happening,” says Mokdad, a professor of global health at the University of Washington. “To me, this is a great success story and something to be maintained. If I’m a county health official [on Nan-

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mary care practice and has been a surgeon at Nantucket Cot-

should keep it up.”

tage Hospital since 1980. “There’s also improved care on the

So what has Nantucket been doing that could produce such an

island with the hospital having stepped up oncology services—

enormous shift over the past twenty-five years? Island health officials

that being chemotherapy and having oncologists come out here.”

and physicians are cautiously op-

The six-year-old clinical part-

timistic that the study may show

nership between Nantucket Cottage

the result of incremental im-

Hospital and the Massachusetts

provements in Nantucket’s med-

General Hospital Cancer Center

ical resources and network, as

brings some of Boston’s best oncol-

well as positive lifestyle changes

ogists to the island for patient con-

among island residents. But they

sultations and treatment, allowing

are also hesitant to draw strong

Nantucket residents to access much

conclusions from such a study

of their care without having to travel to the mainland. The director of the program, Dr. Richard Penson, says

only 15,000 to 20,000 year-round residents.

he hopes that the JAMA study and others like it might help confirm

“The availability of tertiary care has helped, and some of the

that people can reduce their risk of cancer by taking control of their

treatment modalities have started making more sense, so I think

lifestyles, or at the very least lead to a better understanding of how to

those are factors,” says Dr. Tim Lepore, who operates a pri-

reduce cancer mortality.

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given the relatively small number of cancer cases for a county with

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he most likely cause

healthcare is an issue on the island, but

is fewer of the big risk

there’s also the flipside in that we’re

factors (such as) smoking,

so small, and people really know their

viruses, obesity, etc., in this

providers,” he says. “We’re not at the

population,” Penson says. “Healthy

level of access to care set by federal

lifestyles are a major driver of reduced

standards, but we’re much better than

cancer risk. Better access to oncology

we were in 1980. Between 1980 and

services is important, and perhaps mul-

2014, we’ve tripled the amount of doc-

tidisciplinary care is the most important.”

tors on-island.”

One factor that may be influenc-

Beyond the skepticism of the study

ing Nantucket’s cancer mortality rate,

results due to Nantucket’s relatively

Lepore suggests, is the close-knit nature

small number of cancer cases, the

of the island community. If you have

conclusions also came as a surprise to

the opportunity to ask your physician

many island residents who are keenly

or nurse about a health concern when

aware that the island’s incidence rate

you bump into them while running an

for many types of cancer is far higher

errand, it could potentially lead to an

than the statewide incidence rate. Fed-

earlier diagnosis and treatment.

eral statistics gathered during Nan-

“If you see your healthcare pro-

tucket Cottage Hospital’s most recent

viders at the grocery store, it’s not

Community Health Needs Assessment

quite as intimidating as having to go to

show that the island has a higher inci-

someplace where you don’t know the

dence rate for breast cancer, colorectal

people,” Lepore says. “There aren’t the

cancer, and melanoma, among others,

barriers to health care that happen in

compared to the statewide incidence

other places. It’s very different than if

rates for those cancers.

you’re in Roxbury and can’t figure out

The sense that Nantucket residents

how to get into [Boston Medical Cen-

might be at a heightened risk for can-

ter]. Here, it’s immediately available.”

cer is only magnified by the close-knit

While Nantucket Health Director

nature of the community. If you live

Roberto Santamaria also noted that the

on Nantucket year-round, chances are

island’s small number of cancer cases

you’re going to hear about the latest

could result in big percentage shifts

islander to receive a cancer diagnosis,

on a year-to-year basis, he agrees with

or see that GoFundMe page posted by

Lepore’s assessment of the factors the

a friend of a friend on Facebook seek-

island could have in its favor when it

ing donations to help cover the cost of

comes to cancer mortality. “Access to

medical care for them.

Even so, there are perhaps out to sea, island health officials

which measures length and

what is visible isn’t always the other factors at play that could suggested. Nantucket is indeed

quality of life. “We have a gen-

same as what is actually hap- be affecting the island’s cancer routinely ranked as the healthi-

eral stress-free environment in

pening,” Santamaria says. “We mortality rate, including the re- est county in Massachusetts, and

comparison to the mainland,

will always have a little higher duction in smoking among Nan- recently earned the top spot for

and stress is a factor in higher

incidence rate because of our tucket residents, along with the health outcomes in the Robert

mortality,” Santamaria says. “So

increased population in the general lifestyle advantages of Wood Johnson Foundation’s

is there a ‘Nantucket effect’? I

“In a small community,

summer.”

living on an island thirty miles annual county health rankings,

would say yes.”

“If you see your healthcare providers at the grocery store, it’s not quite as intimidating as having to go to someplace where you don’t know the people.”

– Dr. Timothy Lepore

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Playing the

OLDIES Written by Rebecca Nimerfroh

Photography by Brian Sager

One songwriter is bringing new life to Nantucket’s oldest places.

In what will literally be music to people’s ears, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) commissioned singer-songwriter and American music historian Joe Flood to write and compose an album inspired by ten historic properties on the island. From the Greater Light to the Old Gaol, Flood spent a year researching these properties and excavating a voice from their walls. On June 30th, Flood’s album, A Troubadour’s Tour of Historic Nantucket, will be released with a live performance at the Whaling Museum.

Flood first arrived on Nantucket two years ago to perform at the Atheneum. As luck would have it, the NHA’s Marjan Shirzad was in the audience that night. A discussion between them about the history of the island sparked the idea for the album, and after a series

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e were looking for new ways for the historic sites to come to life,” says Shirzad, who serves as the Sacerdote Chair of Education and Outreach at the NHA. “We wanted to pull at heartstrings and have music be the centerpiece for it.” The NHA gave Flood a full year of unlimited access to the properties. “We wanted him to see them through different seasons and really have a chance to let it all soak in,” Shirzad says.

A Troubadour’s Tour of Historic Nantucket is a compelling collection of folk songs, with lofty chords performed on guitar and banjo. Flood’s lyrics convey powerful stories performed in a way that remains whimsical and fun.

He likens the process of writing this album to that of the Monaghan sisters, who, in 1929, purchased and miraculously remodeled a dilapidated cow barn on Nantucket that eventually became known as Greater Light.

“I was digging into the history of each property, but I had to create something new, which is exactly what the Monaghan sisters did,” Flood says. “They came with their own backgrounds to this old place with its own history and created something new that is reflective of the place itself.”

(Top at bottom) Flood playing the piano in Greater Light on 8 Howard Street; (Middle) Flood with his acoustic guitar at the Old Mill on 50 Prospect Street.

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lood’s goal for each song was not to simply provide a history lesson, but to tell a story that’s open for interpretation. “I hope that people will appreciate the larger story of Nantucket history,” he says, “and also have some feelings for the personalities and motivation of the people [during that time].”

There’s his ballad about the Oldest House, for instance, that tells the story of Mary Gardner Coffin, who, after living in the house for twenty-two years, moved off-island with her husband, only to return years later after his death.

Or, there is his song about the Old Gaol, which focuses on a peculiar former inmate, William Chadwick, who was serving time for embezzlement.

“When I tell people I’m working on a project on Nantucket, they assume I’m writing whaling songs,” Flood says. “But what I find so fascinating about Nantucket history is that it parallels the narrative we have of American history.”

As for his own history, Flood was born and raised in Connecticut where he was the youngest of eleven children. He spent his formative years listening to hand-me-down records of Johnny Cash, Motown, and folk revival. With his mother, a retired big band singer, Flood developed an early appreciation for old American music and taught himself to play the ukulele, guitar, fiddle, and banjo.

Flood spent most of 1980s traveling Europe, performing on the streets of Paris, writing his own music, and playing in several bands. Now an adjunct professor of languages at Southern Connecticut State University, Flood continues to pursue his musical career and has since been commissioned for another project similar to the NHA’s Troubadour’s Tour.

“Most of the songs in the album I sort of put myself in the position of the people who lived in the homes,” Flood says. “I did a lot of research, a lot of reading, and took a lot of notes. I would sit and draw the places to try and see what you don’t necessarily see at first glance.” When Joe Flood performs his album at the Whaling Museum this month, he’ll be giving voice to a whole lot of history. And while the walls of the NHA properties might not be talking—they certainly can sing.

Joe Flood’s album A Troubadour’s

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download, with CDs to purchase at the Nantucket Historical Association. Tickets for the live event are $10 and available for purchase at www.nha.org/tickets.

Flood on his mandolin on the steps of the Hawden House on 96 Main Street.

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REMEMBERED Celebrating the words of the late great David Halberstam

This spring marked the tenth anniversary of David Halberstam’s tragic death. A beloved Nantucket summer resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Halberstam was praised by the likes of the Washington Post as “the greatest reporter of our time.” In 2003, N Magazine had the privilege of profiling Halberstam for the cover story of our July issue. “The island has always been a great sanctuary for me,” he said during our interview. “I’ve always felt protected here…Every day I’m aware of the great sense of renewal that Nantucket has given me. Without it, I don’t think I would have had as rich a life, professionally or perN magazine

sonally.” In 1999, Halberstam mused upon his life on the island in a piece for Town &

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Country titled “Nantucket on My Mind.” Now as much as then, Halberstam’s words not only capture the power of this place, but also the unique people it attracts.

Nantucket On My Mind Written by David Halberstam

bathroom sinks stained green by the relentless drip of the water – a reminder of plumbers never summoned.

It was still very much a middle-class island in those days. Unlike other East Coast watering holes, we did not have much in the way of a writer’s community, and that too appealed to me, because I had spent one summer in the Hamptons and the pace of the social life had been far too intense.

My own social circle was

nis, and the birding, things that, as they did for me, recalled the happier parts of their own childhoods, even if they now lived in tough, demanding urban environments.

Soon it was the texture of friendships as much as the beauty of the island that held us, friendships that were not work-connected and that near

eclectic, filled largely with people I would not have been friends with in New York – people I fished with, or, in time, those my wife and I enjoyed cooking with. Not surprisingly, as our daughter grew up, our friends were people who had children who were her friends.

We formed, I think, the squarest of summer communities. Our friends were, it seemed to me, people brought to Nantucket not because it was chic but because it was beautiful and family-oriented, and because they liked the pleasures of the island – the fishing, the sailing, the ten-

the end of the spring we always looked forward to renewing.

Those friendships were based on simple things: fishing with my friend David Fine; going to the beaches with Pam and Foley Vaughan and their children; dinner with Bill Euler and Andy Oates, who ran our best store, Nantucket Looms, a friendship tentative at first because they were so private; rowing in a double scull with Marc Garnick; and finally, after I sold my fishing boat, fishing with Tom Mleczko, who doubled as a schoolteacher in New Canaan the rest of the year. These were the touch-

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This is my thirtieth year as an owner here. I bought my house in 1969, the year I began working on “The Best and the Brightest,” the moment when I went over to writing books full time. Over the years I have come to love the island – it has given me sanctuary in a difficult and often volatile professional life, allowing me to work diligently each summer while putting myself back together among people who I know love and care about me. I leave the island in the early fall rested, but with a great deal of work done. I stumbled on it at first – my friend Russell Baker brought me here in 1968 and I thought it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen.

It seemed to have more of the good things of life and fewer of the bad than any vacation spot I had ever seen before; it offered an almost-perfect balance between the possibilities for friendship and the right, when I needed to work, to my privacy. Because the happiest part of my peripatetic childhood was spent in a small town in northwest Connecticut, Nantucket – with its strikingly handsome library, the sense of community manifest at high school games – reminded me of the best part of my youth. People knew one another and treated one another with respect. The people who did have money (and it would be considered small money these days), those old Yankee families said to be very wealthy, very consciously did not manifest it. In the great houses along Hulbert Avenue, our showcase street that runs along the harbor, the houses were, as they always had been, a little worn down, with

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stones of our summer, the friendships sweetened by the many years in grade from the past.

There was over the years, starting in the eighties, a dramatic change in the cast of characters who came here – the rising prices on the tickets of the houses automatically narrowed down the possibilities of who could afford the island. (One summer I called a friend of mine who was a journalist and asked if he was going to rent again.

No, he answered, the rent had just tripled, and so he was going to Tuscany for a month – it was cheaper.) In addition, I thought I sensed a change in what people sought from this island – an increase in the importance of status. That has been particularly noticeable in the last few years with the coming of such stupendous wealth, wealth that seems with its vast annual rewards dis-

connected from the reality of daily life. I realize there is some degree of generalization to what I am going to say, and I am sure that some of the new people are as nice or nicer than the old, and that some of the older people, given half a chance, would be greedier than the new. But I am not sure that the new people are brought to the island by the old and abiding pleasures that drew us.

The new people seem not only very rich, but very young to be that rich; and all too often they seem quite imperious. I suppose that is not too surprising; they have been raised in a modern pressure cooker: starting out in demanding day schools, and then demanding boarding schools, and then making the cut at demanding elite colleges, and then again making the next level, at demanding law or business schools, and then

becoming winners in the brutal competition in the world of finance. There, if you are a winner, an annual award of $10 million is thought to be small; it is where people now talk of making a unit – a unit being earnings of $25 million in a year. I think something like that begins to affect a person’s sense of proportion.

On our island we are, I think, the worse for it. There is a sharp, indeed an alarming, decline in the requisite courtesy and manners that are so critical to the texture of life in a small town, and that are, comparably, so unimportant in a city like New York.

When these people want things – houses to be built, gardens to be made green, rugs to be woven and delivered – they want them right now, with a special immediacy, as if they were back in the city ordering out from a neighborhood Chinese restaurant. If they

Nantucket On My Mind buy a piece of property for $2.5 million and plan to tear it down and build a new house for $3 million, the money is no longer an object – but the speed of completion is.

By July 1, if you please – otherwise we’ll have to go

ships to show that yes, there is a great deal of wealth in the family, and they seem to violate the natural contours of the land as violently as possible. The cars on our island are bigger and fancier, too – they used to be delib-

elsewhere. That has a ripple effect throughout the island – the cost of everything goes up accordingly, and other work orders, small assignments, the repair of a house here, an addition to a house there, tend to be shunted aside. Two summers ago, our gardener fired us because all we wanted was upkeep on our garden, and it was impossible for us to compete with the gargantuan projects offered her by newer arrivals.

The houses being built are different now. The old Nantucket had houses of modest size, and in keeping with the traditional respect for the sheer beauty of the island, they were often nestled in the landscape itself. By contrast, many of the new houses are huge flag-

erately downscale, and exceptionally well rusted, but these days everyone seems to be driving sport-utility vehicles (SUVs, to use the vernacular) that seem to be like

jeeps on steroids.

Worse, the manners of the drivers seem to have declined in inverse proportion to the size of their cars and wealth. Many of our rural roads are paths more than roads, and it was com-

mon courtesy, when you were driving down a rural road wide enough for only one car and you spotted a car coming at you, to pull over if at all possible in a niche alongside the road and let the other car go by. Part of that same courtesy was for the driver of the other car to wave as he or she went by signaling some respect for your manners – as if to say, you did it for me this time, I’ll do it for you the next. Now you pull over – you had better, because the other car is sure to be twice as big and powerful as yours – and more often than not, there is not the slightest wave of the hand or the beep of a horn. They are telling you that you pulled over because it is your proper place in the universe to pull over

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for them – and you’d better be prepared to pull over the next time as well.

Somewhere in here is no small amount of money.

The island is more crowded than ever, more gentrified than ever, and there is more building going on than ever before, more huge trucks bearing down on our narrow streets and roads. Yet if the island is more crowded, I suspect it manages to remain aloof from many of its most ardent new suitors. I have this theory – that many of the true pleasures of Nan-

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tucket are not easily gained and cannot be purchased on demand, that they have to be, like everything else in life, earned, and you have to take time and serve something of an apprenticeship in order to get the full measure of the

ter fishing is arguably the best along the East Coast, perhaps because we are so far into the Gulf Stream. But it takes time and skill to learn how to fish here, and money will not do it all for you – you have to learn to handle a boat in what are daunting waters, going out on days when the weather changes, when the shoals are murderous and when the fog rolls in so suddenly that unless you know what you are doing, it can all be quite terrifying. I know, because I had a boat for ten years, and it was a difficult and exacting apprenticeship, not so much learning where the fish are – that part was easy – but how dangerous the Atlantic Ocean can be. So perhaps it is not surprising that, for all the money being spent on boats, many of them with GPS/Loran guides that should make deal-

pleasures available.

For all of the crowding downtown, many of the beaches remain secluded, the nature walks are pleasant and accessible, and there is no time for them. If you want to picnic, and have a boat, there are places in Polpis, the large inner harbor, where, if you know the tides, you can miraculously enough go and picnic in a beautiful spot – more of an idyll than one can imagine on the East Coast – and never see another soul. I am a fairly serious fisherman, and our light-tackle saltwa-

ing with fog and shoals virtually idiot-proof, on the July Fourth and Labor Day weekends, the most crowded days of the year, you can be at choice spots for fishing for blues or stripers only thirty minutes from Madaket Harbor and not see another boat.

I realize that what I’m writing reflects not just the change in the economy but the change in the writer himself, the changes in the eye of the beholder: that the adventurousness of a young man come to a new place in his thirties is very different from a

man in his sixties, wanting things always to be as they once were, bemoaning, almost unconsciously, the loss of his own youth. And I am aware that one of the critical things I liked about the island remains as true as ever: that it can, in a country as dynamic and volatile as ours, offer you a sense of the seasons of your own life, as life in a city rarely can, the kind of texture and feeling that Thornton Wilder captured in “Our Town” – a sense of the rhythm of your life as it touches those around you.

If over the years we have had friends who for various reasons have moved away, and if our list of friends is not exactly what it was two decades ago, there is nonetheless a sense of being rooted here as we are not rooted in New York, and an ability to monitor the seasons of our lives from the changes in the lives of those around us.

In New York our friendships tend to be with peers, more often than not professionally driven, and while we tend to know the children of our friends, by and large, with few exceptions, the friendships bloom in the evening and the children tend to remain in the background, seen but not really known.

That is not true of Nantucket: over the past thirty years I have watched the children of my friends grow up, go off to college, and come back and have children of their own.

I have fished with my friend David Fine for twenty-eight years now, and our routines aboard the boat – who will catch the first or the biggest fish – have the quality of old Vaudeville routines, the sweetness of conversations so oft repeated that they have

Nantucket On My Mind Five years ago I dedicated a book to them (it was a baseball book, and someone, not knowing of our friendship, saw their names and asked “Euler

Nantucket, not New York, as her real home and thinks about living in our old house someday with her own children. And when she talks like that, we

and Oates – which team did they play for?”). This year, Bill, who was my age, died of leukemia, and it was like nothing so much as a death in the family, for he was a shy man who had quietly enhanced many other people’s lives, and seemed not to know how much he was cherished and how much he would be missed. We’ve watched our own child, and those of our friends the Vaughans and the Clapps and the Durkes, grow up together and go off to college.

Our daughter on occasion reminds us that she thinks of

are reminded that we have become in some way of the island, that it binds us and forms our lives in ways we do not entirely understand, and yet are unconsciously dependent upon.

The places you love will do that to you.

“Nantucket on My Mind” was reprinted with permission from Julia Halberstam in accordance with Town & Country. Photos of David Halberstam on Nantucket were provided courtesy of Julia Halberstam.

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by now become second nature.

Paul and Joan Crowley became our friends because they were friends of David and Sue Fine’s, and in time we watched Melissa Crowley grow from a young girl and a superb athlete to a confident, extremely successful magazine editor in New York. Both David Fine and I in time gave up running our own boats, and we have fished for the last few years with Tom Mleczko, who is our best fisherman, and we have had the pleasure of seeing his and Bambi’s children, who worked as strikers on his boat, grow up to become strikingly handsome young people, one daughter in Boston, a son about to start college, and another daughter, whom I wrote about, become a star of the championship U.S. Olympic hockey team, an article that gave me as much pleasure as anything I’ve ever written. Their cousins, the Gifford kids – how many letters written to directors of admission at different boarding schools and colleges? – have morphed into tall, handsome, confident young men and women.

John Burnham Schwartz, who appeared with his parents at my house when he was nine, beautiful and beguiling, and whom I used to take fishing every summer, has remained a friend and the light of my life. We gave his engagement party and the book party for his second novel; he is now a successful novelist, and a peer, someone I count on not merely for friendship but for advice.

The friendship with Bill Euler and Andy Oates, a bit hesitant at first, grew stronger every year, and dinners with them became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure, in time raucous evenings of more wine than normal and world-class gossip.

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year-round and seasonal community. We have the Affordable Housing Trust Committee in effect, Housing Nantucket doing great work, a RFP out to build workforce housing on Town land at 6 Fairgrounds Rd., the Richmond property starting, and other projects that are currently in the works. But what else can we look into more? How can we change incentives for homeowners to rent out that cottage year-round for an affordable price instead of the summer weekly rental?

Can we develop co-op living homes that can serve a younger population?

HIGGINS: We must identify and define who we are building for and we must engage the people who are most impacted: the renters, the small-business owners, and the people who are in a position to have an impact, namely the landowners. Until we do this, his spring, Nantucket voted in two new faces to the Board of Selectmen,

we are wasting resources and wasting time.

Jason Bridges and Rita Higgins. As small business owners—Bridges

Every time we build without asking the right

owns Nantucket Bike Tours and The Handlebar Café, and Higgins is

questions to the right people, we have one

the owner and operator of her own landscape design firm—they’re intimately

less chance to get it right.

aware of the pressures facing the local economy. Both have been deeply involved in the community as volunteers over the years and are now stepping into

N MAGAZINE: Rita, you’ve also

new leadership roles as selectmen. N Magazine caught up with Bridges

identified the environment,

and Higgins shortly after the election to discuss their objectives moving

particularly water quality,

forward.

as a critical issue for the future of Nantucket. How can

N MAGAZINE: What are the most pressing issues facing Nantucket today?

BRIDGES: Housing, housing, and housing. I don’t mean to take anything away

the consequences of climate

from important issues such as rebuilding Our Island Home, the contract with

change?

Waste Options, or the overfishing of squid in Nantucket waters. Housing stretches across all demographics, all incomes, and all industries...it affects us all.

HIGGINS: Despite all of the work being done to ameliorate the housing problem, it has reached a crisis point where the pillars and longstanding members of the community aren’t choosing to leave—they are forced to leave because there is nowhere to rent. Meanwhile, seasonal businesses are being forced to re-examine how they can open the doors without seasonal housing available.

N MAGAZINE: What are some strategies in addressing the housing crisis?

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BRIDGES: There are many angles and strategies that will need

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to be implemented in relieving some of the stress for our

the island prepare itself for

HIGGINS: We need to foster resiliency.

a project related to the grant. These type of

everyone in our community should be a

Resiliency in the face of the unexpected

opportunities can put pressure on the BOS and

priority for our Select Board.

and hard to predict environmental issues

town staff. It is important to use partnerships

that may arise from climate change is found

with nonprofits, the state, and stakeholders in

N MAGAZINE: What are you bringing to the

through short-term mitigation, long-term

order to collaborate on solutions.

BOS that was previously lacking?

planning, and diversification. Essentially, we

HIGGINS: There has to be a prioritization and

BRIDGES: A week before the election, a man in

must consider what we can do to mitigate

commitment to define our vision and our

his twenties asked me, “Why should I vote

our known environmental issues like water

goals as a board, which will help us answer

for you?” I told him that I was going to work

quality and flooding in the short-term. At

the more mundane issues while also allowing

my butt off to really listen to everyone and

the moment, we simply react to what is

us to stay focused on the bigger issues.

help increase civic engagement. I also said,

happening today. If we really want to address

“Here’s the deal, if you vote for me, I will be asking for more participation from you

years from now, a hundred years from now.

N MAGAZINE: What role can summer residents play?

BRIDGES: Where I think we could do a better

Play out the scenarios on paper. Make plans

job is to spend more time engaging our

you can put in. I might need your opinion

and then when things happen, we at least

summer residents. Nantucket has a funny

on an issue, or I might ask you to attend a

have some guidance.

dynamic. Nine out of the ten potholes that

certain board meeting. So if you don’t want

are fixed, or nine out of the ten teachers are

to be more involved, then don’t vote for

climate change then we need to look at fifty

The short-term mitigation and disaster

at some point, on some issue, whatever time

me.” In our current political environment,

management plans need to be accompanied

we need to hold civic duty at a higher

by a long-term discussion about how to

level. Maybe you can only offer an hour or

deal with the less immediate unknowns.

two a month? Maybe you can only listen to

Diversification is a key concept to creating

a finance committee from home every once

long-term resiliency in a community, and

in awhile. Find an issue you believe in and

can be applied to everything from ecology to

write an email to your local leadership, jump

building to the economy. In the face of the

on a work group for four months, there is

unknown, be prepared for what you do know and spread your bets evenly for the rest.

something for all of us.

N MAGAZINE: Past selectmen have lamented

N MAGAZINE: How can the processes of the BOS be improved?

about how the board can often be rendered

HIGGINS: Transparency in the decision-making

ineffective in addressing long-term issues like

process and incorporating public feedback

climate change because it gets caught up in

into the bigger decisions.

the more immediate minutiae of this complex island. How does one achieve both the paid by our non-voting taxpayers, those who

N MAGAZINE: How does Nantucket move into

a more long-term vision?

only reside here for a few months in the

the future and modernize while also retaining

BRIDGES: The Select Board is a team of five.

summer. Then in April, five hundred year-

its history, which we so cherish?

They must make decisions at the weekly

round residents come together to yell out a

BRIDGES: This is the million-dollar question!

open meeting, the board cannot meet outside

“yah or nah” at our annual town meeting. We

Growth is essential for an economy, so

of the publicly scheduled meeting. This

need greater involvement from both of these

smart planning with a focus on sustainable

makes decision making transparent but

groups to have a true representation of

energies and practices is key. As our island

restricted. We are developing a strategic

our community. So many of our summer

grows, we have a great opportunity and a

plan, which will help us focus on long-term

residents could help us with short- and

responsibility to get more people involved

solutions for our big issues. Spontaneously,

long-term problem solving. We are missing

in our local government. The only way this

small issues can pop up. For example, if a

an opportunity to connect with innovative

works is if citizens of all ages, different

state grant becomes available to help our

thinkers and an entrepreneurial mindset that

demographics, and multiple industries come

coastal resiliency, the BOS will be tasked

can contribute to solving housing and other

together in conversation and action.

with deciding if we should apply and take on

issues on the island. Seeking advice from

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N MAGAZINE: On this topic of modernizing, Rita, what do you think are people’s fears?

HIGGINS: There are two competing visions of Nantucket that people are afraid of. One is the Nantucket that stops growing and doesn’t have the industry required for a thriving year-round community. The other is the built-up, paved over Nantucket that has lost all its charm and beauty. One side is confident that Nantucket goes through boom and bust cycles and always recovers, while the other is confident we are heading towards a bust cycle that we won’t be able to get ourselves out of. While both are valid concerns, I do think we have to be wary of a negative feedback loop where the more successful we are the more we erode the essence of Nantucket that draws so many people here and keeps so many here. These two versions of Nantucket need to be brought together into one positive vision for Nantucket’s future and strategy for growth. While we know we can’t go back to Nantucket in 1950, we also don’t want to end up the Nantucket of the 1800s where taking a natural resource for granted led to immense wealth, but also to eventual economic and ecological disaster that took generations to recover from.

N MAGAZINE: Jason, what unique N MAGAZINE: What motivated you contribution do you see Rita

to want to be on the BOS?

bringing to the Board of

BRIDGES: I have been volunteering

Selectmen?

my time and giving back to

BRIDGES: Rita brings a great the island since I arrived here perspective

to

the

Select

eighteen years ago. This was

Board. She lives and breathes

the next step for me in making a

her passion for the environment

difference. When making bigger

every day. In our short time

decisions in life, I look through

together on the board, she has

a prism of service and growth.

proven to be a quick study, great

Being elected as a member of

at asking questions, and works

the Select Board allows me to

well with everyone around her. I

serve in a different and greater

see Rita being a great contributor

capacity than I am accustomed

to getting things done during her

and at the same time challenge

time on the Select Board. Before

me to grow as a community

and after every meeting we

leader.

have, I always see Rita engaging

HIGGINS:

with as many people as she can.

moment in time where you

I really admire that about her.

feel your experience and your

It was that one

background aligns with the

N MAGAZINE: Rita, same question: needs of the community—a What unique contribution do

moment perhaps I have been

you see Jason bringing to the

unwittingly waiting for, a

Board of Selectmen?

moment when I felt I could

HIGGINS: Jason is collaborative, go from being a cog in a thoughtful

and

diplomatic.

wheel to having a voice in the

There has been a distinct sense

process—and I am eternally

of an adversarial nature of

grateful to Nantucket for the

discussion between the town

opportunity.

and the public, and I think this is something that Jason is well suited to address and ameliorate.

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OLD MAN &THE ISLAND Written by Robert Cocuzzo

Photos courtesy of The John F. Kennedy Museum

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The hidden history of Ernest Hemingway on Nantucket

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hether fighting giant marlin off the coast of Key West or hunting U-Boats off Cuba, Ernest Hemingway’s swashbuckling adventures helped propel him to the stature of literary legend and American icon. He had a passion for island living, which he poured into his prose, most notably in his Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel The Old Man and The Sea. And yet despite his international acclaim, few know that Ernest Hemingway’s lifelong love of the islands didn’t begin on Key West or Cuba, but rather right here on Nantucket.

The salt that coursed through Hemingway’s veins came by way of his mother, Grace, who grew up summering on Nantucket. “Grace Hemingway remembered those childhood summers on Nantucket fondly,” wrote Susan F. Beegle, the preeminent Hemingway scholar on the island. In 1985, Beegle penned an exquisitely detailed account of the author’s trip to the island for the Nantucket Historical Association. “Each year that one of her children turned eleven, Grace and that child would travel east for a month alone together on Nantucket,” Beegle wrote. So it was that in September of 1910, a rambunctious young Ernest Hemingway boarded the ferry at Woods Hole bound for the Grey Lady.

“Nantucket was the first island Hemingway set foot on, Nantucket Sound the first salt water he sailed on, Nantucket sea bass and mackerel the first marine fish he caught,” wrote Beegle.

“It was on Nantucket that Hemingway first met an old fisherman with a yarn about catching a swordfish, and his trip to Nantucket that inspired his very first short story.”

The JFK Library in Boston, which houses

the

lion’s

share of Hemingway’s

documents

and correspondences, possesses a scrapbook that Grace Hemingway kept that includes their trip to the island. Pasted to the top left corner of one of the pages is a photo of mother and son standing hand in hand on the island. There’s a program from the First Congregational Church and the Old North Vestry, along with postcards between young Hemingway and his father and brothers. In the margins of the scrapbook, Grace Hemingway detailed their trip in beautiful, insists in bathing nearly every day,” she wrote next to the image of her and her son.

(Clockwise from the top) Hemingway posing with a marlin in Havana Harbor, Cuba; Hemingway and his sons, Patrick “Mouse” and Jack “Bumby” Hemingway, posing with a tuna at the docks in Bimini, Bahamas; Henry “Mike” Strater and Ernest Hemingway with “apple-cored” marlin, Cat Cay, Bahamas; Ernest Hemingway sitting on a dock next to his boat, Pilar, c. 1930s.

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sweeping cursive. “Ernest had his first glimpse of the ocean and

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(Clockwise from the top left) Hemingway fishing on a boat in Key West, Florida; a young Hemingway fishing in Horton’s Creek, near Walloon Lake, Michigan; the Hemingway family poses for a portrait in Oak Park, Illinois; Joe “Sloppy Joe” Russell, Hemingway and unidentified boy with a striped marlin on a boat, Havana Harbor, Cuba.

he Hemingways stayed in a guesthouse on India Street, what was then Pearl Street, and filled their days swimming, sailing, and fishing. “I went fishing by my self yesterday morning off the jettie,” Hemingway wrote to his father in a letter.

“I caught 13 sea Trout. They are very gamy fish and fight like black bass. The four biggest ones supplied our table of six people.” When his rod and reel were stowed, young Hemingway toured Nantucket’s Fair Street Museum and was swept up by the island’s whaling history.

According to Beegle, Grace Hemingway was a reluctant sailor, having lost two young cousins off the coast of Nantucket during her youth when their sailboat capsized. Nevertheless, she mustered the courage for the sake of her son to charter a catamaran that sailed them through the chop to Great Point. Days later, when a storm rolled in, the mother and son walked Surfside Beach and watched the Atlantic churn mad and alive.

“Ernest must have been deeply interested to learn about the pro-

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“Throughout his life, Hemingway remained fascinated by men—

tended women’s rights meetings at the Atheneum during her many trips

bullfighters, boxers, soldiers—who risked their lives to earn their pay.”

to the island. “Traditionally in the forefront of any movement involv-

And yet, alongside pondering the manly pursuits of the Surfside

ing women’s rights, Nantucket suited Grace Hall Hemingway, an intel-

lifesavers, Hemingway was also exposed to strong feminists during

ligent, talented and dominating woman in her own right,” wrote Beegle.

his visit to Nantucket. Grace Hemingway was a suffragette and at-

Years later, she returned to Nantucket and began writing a book about the

island’s history, spending particular attention on the many strong willed women of that time.

As for her son, Ernest, when he returned home to Oak Park, Illinois after their monthlong vacation, he used his experience on Nantucket as fodder for his first short story. Titled “My First Sea Vouge,” (spelling is his own), Hemingway wrote a fictional tale about being born on Martha’s Vineyard and going off on adventures on the high seas. This island theme defined many of his stories for the rest of his life. In fact, nine years after Ernest Hemingway committed suicide, his wife Mary discovered one of his unpublished manuscripts in a bank vault in Havana. Islands in the Stream told the story of Thomas Hudson, an artistturned-adventurer whose tales take place on islands dotting the Gulf Stream. The novel, the first of Hemingway’s to be published posthumously, might not mention Nantucket directly, but traces of the Grey Lady’s influence can no doubt be read between its lines.

A debt of gratitude is owed to Susan F. Beegle, who originally published “The Young Boy and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway’s Visit to Nantucket Island” in the Historic

Nantucket,

Volume 32, No. 3 (January 1983), page 18-30, from which this article drew significantly. Additional thanks goes to the Stacey Chandler and Connor

Anderson,

archivists at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, for sharing Grace

Hemingway’s

scrapbook, which this article references.

(Clockwise from the top) Hemingway boxing with an unidentified man on a dock in Bimini, Bahamas; Hemingway reading outside his home, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba; Hemingway at the wheel of his boat, Pilar, with Havana in the background, Cuba; Hemingway aboard a ship en route to a Michigan fishing trip; Hemingway aboard his boat, Pilar.

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puppets?

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