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   In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

   • Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

   • Publish Year: 2000

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   Nathaniel Philbrick’s account of the journey of the Essex in In the Heart of the Sea attempts to carry on its legacy for new generations. Philbrick’s narrative draws on several first-person accounts, one of which—from a 14-year-old cabin boy named Thomas Nickerson—was unavailable to the public until 1984.

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   May 1, 2000 · In the Heart of the Sea tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever. Philbrick interweaves his account of this extraordinary ordeal of ordinary men with a wealth of whale lore and with a brilliantly detailed portrait of the lost, unique community of Nantucket whalers.

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   May 8, 2000 · In the Heart of the Sea tells of the whaleship Essex which inspired Melville's opus. In 1819, it left Nantucket and went a'whaling. An enraged sperm whale (is there any other kind?) rammed the ship in the South Pacific.

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   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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   Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster. In the Heart of the Sea, recently adapted into a major feature film starring Chris Hemsworth, is a book for the ages.

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   • In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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   • In the Heart of the Sea is about the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex. This event, which is as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, is restored to its rightful place in American history in a harrowing page-turner by Nathaniel Philbrick.

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   • 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. Winner of the 2000 National Book Award Winner for Non-Fiction

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   • In the Heart of the Sea won the 2000 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction. The story was adapted into a feature film by director Ron Howard, starring Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, and Cillian Murphy. Advertising for the film points out that the historical story inspired the Moby Dick mythology.

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   Who is Thomas Nickerson in in the heart of the sea?

   • Thomas Nickerson is a 14-year-old cabin boy whose first-person account was used in Nathaniel Philbrick’s narrative of the journey of the Essex in 'In the Heart of the Sea'. This account was unavailable to the public until 1984.

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   In the Heart of the Sea. The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. By NATHANIEL PHILBRICK. Viking. Read the Review. Nantucket. It was, he later remembered, "the most pleasing moment of my...