In the Heart of the Sea

The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick

by Nathaniel Philbrick

No cover — Nathaniel Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea (Paperback, 2000, HarperCollins Publishers)

Paperback, 320 pages

Published Nov. 6, 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-711515-0

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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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