In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Name: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Rating: 4.2 (57259 reviews)
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

by Nathaniel Philbrick

First published: 1999

★★★★☆4.2(57,259 ratings)

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Sperm whale National Book Award Winner Whaleboats Essex (Whaleship)Essex (Ship)Shipwrecks History Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 12 Nantucket island (mass.), history Whaling Whaling ships

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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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