In the Heart of the Sea

The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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Nathaniel Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea (Hardcover, 2000, Wheeler Publishing)

Hardcover, 427 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2000 by Wheeler Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-56895-944-3
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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale.

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Subjects

  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Literary Criticism
  • General
  • Essex (Whaleship)
  • Shipwrecks