In the Heart of the Sea
Subtitle: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Edition: Largeprint edition
Publisher: Large Print Press
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781568951782
Subjects: Social Science; Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks; History - General History; Sociology; Expeditions & Discoveries; Disasters & Disaster Relief
First sentence: IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time.