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  1. 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.

    • Nathaniel Philbrick
    • 2000
  2. May 1, 2001 · In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Paperback – May 1, 2001. by Nathaniel Philbrick (Author) 7,184. See all formats and editions. National Book Award Winner, 2000. From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired ...

    • Nathaniel Philbrick
    • $13.19
    • Penguin Books
  3. May 8, 2000 · In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex - an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history.

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  5. 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.

    • Paperback
  6. 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. ORDER TODAY Reviews

  7. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner) by Nathaniel Philbrick - Books on Google Play. Nathaniel Philbrick is the author...

  8. Nathaniel Philbrick. Wheeler, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 427 pages. Winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Non-Fiction! The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in...

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