An edition of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2000)

In the Heart of the Sea

The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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An edition of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2000)

In the Heart of the Sea

The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by

  • ★★★★ 4.08 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 89 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

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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Viking Adult
Language
English
Pages
320

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Sperm whale, award:national_book_award=2000, National Book Award Winner, Whaleboats, Essex (Whaleship), Nonfiction, Open Library Staff Picks, award:national_book_award=nonfiction, Essex (Ship), Shipwrecks, History, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Nantucket island (mass.), history, Whaling, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Whaling ships, Survival, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-04-12, New York Times bestseller, Essex (Whale-ship), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Essex (Whale-ship.), Shipwreck survival, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-12-13, New York Times reviewed, Essex (whaleship)
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Pacific Ocean, Massachusetts, Nantucket Island

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In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
2001, Penguin
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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"IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time."

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Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
9.1 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

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OL7643687M
Internet Archive
inheartofsea00phil
ISBN 10
0670891576
ISBN 13
9780670891573
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23653
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526788

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