Joy101 reviewed In the heart of the sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Hardcover, 320 pages
English language
Published May 4, 2000 by Viking Adult.
4 stars
(22 reviews)
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.
Ted reviewed In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
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4 stars
A good, solid book full of history and literary reflection. He tends at times to over-poeticize his subject, but it doesn't outdo the sheer pleasure of the information.
Subjects
- United States - 19th Century
- Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks
- History
- History - General History
- History: American
- Maritime History
- History / Modern / 19th Century
- Essex (Whaleship)
- Pacific Ocean