In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
by Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0002572125
- ISBN 13
- 9780002572125
- Seller
-
King River, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents-including a long-lost account written by the ship's cabin boy-and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster. An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.
Reviews
The use of time to show the tragedy offers a far better story to the reader than any action would.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9855
- Title
- In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
- Author
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0002572125
- ISBN 13
- 9780002572125
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Biography: General, True Stories Of Heroism, Endurance & Survival, Maritime History, Military History, Geographical Discovery & Exploration, Ships & Shipping Ships & the Sea; Survival; United States; 19th century; Unbranded ISBN:
Terms of Sale
Great Southern Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Great Southern Books
About Great Southern Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....