Bibliograph

In the heart of the sea, the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick

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In the heart of the sea, the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the heart of the sea

Responsibility statement

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Sub title

the tragedy of the whaleship Essex

Summary

The incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the inspiration for Melville's great classic, Moby Dick. In 1820, the Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was rammed and sunk by an eighty-ton bull sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, made for the 3,000-mile-distant coast of South America in three tiny boats

Target audience

adult

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