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Bill Hoadley
After leaving Nantucket, the author
attended college for two years, but
did not know what he wanted. He
left and joined the US Navy, which
enabled him to see a lot of the world.
He lived in Boston ...view moreAfter leaving Nantucket, the author
attended college for two years, but
did not know what he wanted. He
left and joined the US Navy, which
enabled him to see a lot of the world.
He lived in Boston for fourteen
years working in a distillery, but
the city life soon paled. Nantucket
was now out of the question, so
he bought a small house on Peaks
Island near Portland, Maine. Six
years later he moved there and for eleven years commuted to
Portland where he worked as a clerk at the Maine Superior
Court. At age fifty, deciding to go it alone, he quit his job
and moved to Matinicus Island, which became his Shangri-la
and substitute Nantucket. He has been running Tuckanuck
Lodge, a bed-and-breakfast, since. In addition to his duties as
an innkeeper, he is also the clerk-treasurer for the Matinicus
Plantation Electric Co., the smallest publicly-owned generating
facility in the United States, and is the caucus chairman for the
island Democratic Party, often attending state conventions in
Maine. A bachelor, he enjoys long walks around the island with
his beloved dog, Sandy.view less