In the Heart of the Sea
Subtitle: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780141001821
Subjects: Shipwrecks; Essex (Whaleship)
Other titles: Tragedy of the whaleship Essex
Description: 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. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away. Three months later, only eight were left alive. This book shares a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of the whaling tradition, with deep resonance in literature and American history, and in the life of the Nantucket community. - Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: Nantucket -- -- ch.2.; title: Knockdown -- -- ch. 3.; title: First blood -- -- ch. 4. The; title: lees of fire -- -- ch. 5. The; title: attack -- -- ch. 6. The; title: plan -- -- ch. 7.; title: At sea -- -- ch. 8.; title: Centering down -- -- ch. 9. The; title: island -- -- ch. 10. The; title: whisper of necessity -- -- ch. 11.; title: Games of change -- -- ch. 12.; title: In the eagle's shadow -- -- ch. 13.; title: Homecoming -- -- ch. 14.; title: Consequences --; title: Epilogue : bones.