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Congressional Library

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In the Heart of the Sea

Author

Nathaniel Philbrick

Call Number

KH567610.9Z 4374 2009

Accession Number

43223pl

PUBLICATION YEAR

2010

Keywords

Whaleship, Essex, shipwreck, survival, lifeboats

Book Summary

Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic "Moby-Dick," and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats.

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