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  1. Aug 11, 2020 · pages cm "When the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket in 1819, the unthinkable happened. A mere speck in the vast Pacific ocean - and powerless against the forces of nature - Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale, and her twenty crewmen were forced to take to the open sea in three small boats.

  2. The next three months tested just how far humans could go in their battle against the sea as, one by one, they succumbed to hunger, thirst, disease and fear. ... This is a timeless account of the human spirit under extreme duress, but it is also a story about a community and about the kind of men and women who lived in a forbidding, remote island like Nantucket.

  3. Jul 7, 2021 · Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters-l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000309 Openlibrary_edition OL7259690M Openlibrary_work OL800722W Page_number_confidence 88.60 Pages 358 Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143

  4. May 8, 2000 · In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history. In 1820, the 240-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed and sunk by an eighty-ton bull sperm whale.

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  5. Dec 19, 2023 · 08. In the heart of the sea: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex. 2000, Penguin Books. 0141001828 9780141001821. aaaa. Preview Only. Libraries near you: WorldCat. 10. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.

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  6. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner) - Ebook written by Nathaniel Philbrick. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner).

  7. 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 sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats.

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