Law and Disorder in Old Nantucket

The history of Nantucket is not just about whaling, but it includes bawdy houses, knife fights, marauding gangs of miscreants, and buckets and buckets of rum-all cheek by jowl with plain and sober Quakers. In a series of stories about real people, Frances Ruley Karttunen's new book brings to life events and colorful characters from Nantucket's past.