An edition of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2000)

In the heart of the sea

The tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

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An edition of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2000)

In the heart of the sea

The tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (14 ratings)
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  • 24 Have read

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.

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Penguin Books
Pages
302

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Sperm whale, award:national_book_award=2000, National Book Award Winner, Whaleboats, Essex (Whaleship), Nonfiction, Open Library Staff Picks, award:national_book_award=nonfiction, Essex (Ship), Shipwrecks, History, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Nantucket island (mass.), history, Whaling, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Whaling ships, Survival, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-04-12, New York Times bestseller, Essex (Whale-ship), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Essex (Whale-ship.), Shipwreck survival, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-12-13, New York Times reviewed, Essex (whaleship)

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Pacific Ocean, Massachusetts, Nantucket Island

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In the heart of the sea: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex.
2000, Penguin Books
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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Classifications

Library of Congress
G530.E76 2000, G530.E77 P45 2001

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Pagination
302 pages.
Number of pages
302

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24237589M
ISBN 10
0141001828
ISBN 13
9780141001821
OCLC/WorldCat
608821765, 46949818

Work Identifiers

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OL800722W

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