Year: 2000 Language: english Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Genre: History Publisher: The Penguin Group, NY, NY Edition: First ISBN: 9781101221570 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 206 Description: Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history. In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sank by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster. “In the Heart of the Sea”, recently adapted into a major feature film by film director Ron Howard starring Chris Hemsworth, is a book for the ages. Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of “In the Heart of the Sea”, winner of the National Book Award; “Mayflower”, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; “Bunker Hill”, “Valiant Ambition”; “Sea of Glory”; “The Last Stand”; “Why Read Moby Dick?”; and “Away Off Shore”.
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In the Heart of the Sea
Language: english
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
Genre: History
Publisher: The Penguin Group, NY, NY
Edition: First
ISBN: 9781101221570
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 206
Description:
Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history. In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sank by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats.
Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster.
“In the Heart of the Sea”, recently adapted into a major feature film by film director Ron Howard starring Chris Hemsworth, is a book for the ages.
Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of “In the Heart of the Sea”, winner of the National Book Award; “Mayflower”, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; “Bunker Hill”, “Valiant Ambition”; “Sea of Glory”; “The Last Stand”; “Why Read Moby Dick?”; and “Away Off Shore”.
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