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  1. Nathaniel Philbrick (born June 11, 1956) is an American author of history, winner of the National Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

  2. 2 days ago · Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washingtons unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation.

  3. Philbrick's first book of history focuses on the real people (great and obscure, famous and infamous) behind one of America's most extraordinary success stories: Nantucket, the tiny island that became the whaling capital of the world.

  4. He was the founding director of Nantuckets Egan Maritime Institute and is a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. In 2000, Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

  5. Nathaniel Philbrick Books. The author of several bestselling books of narrative history, Nathaniel Philbrick (b. 1956) won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, which was later adapted into a popular film.

  6. Nathaniel Philbrick has 47 books on Goodreads with 587568 ratings. Nathaniel Philbricks most popular book is Moby-Dick or, The Whale.

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  8. May 1, 2001 · 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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