In the Heart of the Sea

The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick'

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Nathaniel Philbrick: In the Heart of the Sea (2014, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

English language

Published May 6, 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

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978-0-00-738181-4
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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

  • Essex (whaleship)
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
  • Shipwrecks
  • Nantucket island (mass.), history
  • Whaling