Walter Beinecke and the Reimagining of Nantucket

How Preservation, Conservation and Redevelopment Transformed the “Gray Lady”

By John D. Warner

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Imprint: Lyons Press

In the mid-twentieth century, Walter Beinecke began buying up downtown storefronts and buildings in Nantucket, Massachusetts and his efforts laid the groundwork for the island’s revitalization. Massachusetts State Historian Jack Warner tells the fascinating story of the island’s changes and upheavals with an insider’s eye for detail.

$30.00