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Pianist Judith Cohen

Pianist Judith Cohen, visited the island of Nantucket for a concert at the Nantucket Atheneum. We learn more about her passion for music that’s taken her all over the world.

Sep 10, 2009 in Video

Kate Brosnan and Doris Kearns Goodwin

Adam Knee

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Host Kate Brosnan sits down with Pulitzer Prize winner and acclaimed presidential historian author Doris Kearns Goodwin to talk about her latest book Team of Rivals and her trip to Nantucket as part of the Geschke Lecture Series. Doris Kearns Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, which was a bestseller in hardcover and trade paper. She is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.

Jul 21, 2009

Nantucket History: The Great Fire Of 1846

Many islanders and tourists are aware of Nantucket's rich history, but few know of the great fire that destroyed one third of downtown over 150 years ago.

Dec 5, 2008 by in We Live Here (1 Comments)