Philbrick, Nathaniel,

In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex / Tragedy of the whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick. - xvi, 301, 8 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 21 cm

Includes excerpt: Valiant ambition (8 pages).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.

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. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away. Three months later, only eight were left alive. This book shares a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of the whaling tradition, with deep resonance in literature and American history, and in the life of the Nantucket community.--

ISBN: 9780143126812 (tr. pbk.) 0143126814 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 2015304586

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Essex (Whaleship)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival--Pacific Ocean.

Dewey Class. No.: 910.91 / PHI 2015