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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670891576
- ISBN 13
- 9780670891573
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Viking. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1. remainder mark. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2000.
Synopsis
The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents-including a long-lost account written by the ship's cabin boy-and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster. An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.
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On Sep 10 2018, a reader said:
The use of time to show the tragedy offers a far better story to the reader than any action would.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008802
- Title
- In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
- Author
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670891576
- ISBN 13
- 9780670891573
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 302
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Biblio member since 2019
Garrison, New York
About J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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