In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

By (author): "Nathaniel Philbrick"
Publish Date: December 1st 1999
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
ISBN0786556676
ISBN139780786556670
AsinIn the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
CharactersGeorge Pollard, Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase, Benjamin Lawrence, Matth
Original titleIn the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
From the author of the forthcoming book, Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard, premiering on December 11, 2015Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson will star in a new film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.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—and now, its epic adaptation for the screen—will forever place the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.From the Trade Paperback edition.