Nathaniel Philbrick

We are honored to welcome Nathaniel Philbrick — Nantucket's own historian laureate and bestselling author of Mayflower — to the Club for an evening that brings history off the page and onto the water. Philbrick will explore the remarkable story of the shallop: the small, workhorse vessel that carried the Pilgrims from the Mayflower into the unknown waters of the New World, and whose design reflects a seafaring ingenuity still resonant on these shores. A full-scale replica will be docked at the Club, giving members a rare and vivid encounter with the craft that, in many ways, made Nantucket's story possible. It is one thing to read history — it is another to stand beside it. This evening is brought to the Club through the Foundation in partnership with the Egan Maritime Institute.