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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Glossary of Place Names
Chapters
1. Founding a Community of Whaler Yeomen, 1609-1699
2. Whaler Yeoman Ascendancy, 1700-1765
3. Revolution and the New Nation, 1764-1800
4. Cape Island and Dennus Creek, 1801-1849
5. The Railroad and the Civil War, 1850-1878
6. Settlement of the Barrier Islands, 1879-1900
7. Progress and World War, 1901-1919
8. Prohibition, Depression, and the New Deal, 1920-1938
9. A Wartime and Postwar Resort Community, 1939-1961
10. A Resort Community in Transition, 1962-1992
Appendix A. The Thirty-Five Whaler Yeoman Families
Appendix B. Intermarriage among the Whaler Yeoman Families, 1700-1799
Appendix C. Manumissions of Slaves, 1802-1834
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
Photographs follow Chapter 5
Maps, pages 22, 67, 124, 220

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813517841, 978-0813517841
      ISBN10: 0813517842
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      Table of Contents
      Foreword
      Preface
      Glossary of Place Names
      Chapters
      1. Founding a Community of Whaler Yeomen, 1609-1699
      2. Whaler Yeoman Ascendancy, 1700-1765
      3. Revolution and the New Nation, 1764-1800
      4. Cape Island and Dennus Creek, 1801-1849
      5. The Railroad and the Civil War, 1850-1878
      6. Settlement of the Barrier Islands, 1879-1900
      7. Progress and World War, 1901-1919
      8. Prohibition, Depression, and the New Deal, 1920-1938
      9. A Wartime and Postwar Resort Community, 1939-1961
      10. A Resort Community in Transition, 1962-1992
      Appendix A. The Thirty-Five Whaler Yeoman Families
      Appendix B. Intermarriage among the Whaler Yeoman Families, 1700-1799
      Appendix C. Manumissions of Slaves, 1802-1834
      Notes
      Bibliographic Essay
      Index
      Photographs follow Chapter 5
      Maps, pages 22, 67, 124, 220

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