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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0141001828
- ISBN 13
- 9780141001821
- Seller
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APPLETON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Penguin (Non-Classics), May 2001. Trade Paperback. Used - Acceptable. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books, some of them may have writing inside the cover. If you need more details about a certain book, you can always give us a call at 920-734-8908.
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.
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On Sep 10 2018, a reader said:
The use of time to show the tragedy offers a far better story to the reader than any action would.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 392923
- Title
- In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- Author
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0141001828
- ISBN 13
- 9780141001821
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 2001
- Pages
- 320
- Bookseller catalogs
- Used True Story;
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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