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In the Heart of the Sea The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick

Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pages
302
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780007241798
Language
en
AdventureBiographyMemoirHistoryTravelTechnology & Computing
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The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal. This work presents this story of maritime disaster.