THE ADMIRAL'S ACADEMY: NANTUCKET ISLAND'S HISTORIC COFFIN SCHOOL
By Margaret Moore Booker
1998 Paperback

The Admiral's Academy traces the history of Nantucket's Coffin School from its founding in 1827 by a British admiral, Sir Isaac Coffin, through its transformation into a lively center for manual training and home economics in the early twentieth century. Illustrated with paintings and photographs, this book is for Nantucket history buffs and those with an interest in American education. (88 pp/43 ill)