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From the author of Moby-Dick. Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history.In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. 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.
A masterfully curated collection...You don't have to be a sailor to be blown away by this fascinating, bighearted book. --Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, Travels with George , and Second Wind A story as vast and exhilarating as the open ocean itself, SAILING ALONE chronicles
The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic is now offered in a 50th anniversary edition with a new Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory. The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic , in a 50th anniversa
In this New York Times Notable Book and bestseller, the National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea writes about one of the world's most ambitious voyages of discovery--the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 that included six sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds who set out t
A brilliant and provocative ( The New Yorker ) celebration of Melville's masterpiece--from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Phi
