In the Heart of the Sea
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel PhilbrickFrom the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel PhilbrickRecounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex—which inspired Melville's classic Moby Dick—and its doomed crew's 90-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats, in a book that is the basis ...
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel PhilbrickIn a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history. In 1820, the 240-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired ‘Moby Dick’ (Text Only)
By Nathaniel PhilbrickThe epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century – and inspiration for ‘Moby-Dick’ – reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron ...
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel PhilbrickFrom the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
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In the Heart of the Sea
By Nathaniel PhilbrickOn November 20, 1820, the whaleship{OCLCbr#A0} Essex {OCLCbr#A0}was rammed and sunk by an angry whale.{OCLCbr#A0} Within minutes, the twenty-one-man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded ...
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired Moby Dick
By Nathaniel PhilbrickThe sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific in 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time, and inspired Moby Dick.