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

  • 4.07 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 92 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 22 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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Tandem Library
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In the heart of the sea
2005, Lions
in English
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
October 2001, Tandem Library
in English
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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
November 2000, Wheeler Publishing
Hardcover in English - Largeprint edition
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
May 4, 2000, Viking Adult
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"IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time."

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OL7599333M
Internet Archive
inheartofsea00nath
ISBN 10
0613338200
ISBN 13
9780613338202
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3075998

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