In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the Titanic disaster was in the twentieth. Nathaniel Philbrick now restores this epic story -- which inspired the climactic scene in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick -- to its rightful place in American history.
In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and su…
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AwardsHistoryTransportationNonfictionUnited States HistoryShips & ShipbuildingWorld History19th Century United States History - General & MiscellaneousExploration & Discovery19th Century American History - General and MiscellaneousShips - HistoryShipwrecks & Underwater Exploration2001 Alex Awards2000 National Book Award Winners2000 National Book Awards->Nonfiction FinalistsAlex AwardsTeen Book AwardsPrevious Winners - Alex AwardsAll Winners by Year - National Book AwardsNational Book AwardsPrevious Nonfiction Finalists - National Book Awards



