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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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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 reviewedPlaces
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In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick
2015, William Collins
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In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
2015
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
2001, Penguin
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
October 2001, Tandem Library
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In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick
2001, Ted Smart
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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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In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
2000, Viking
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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
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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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