Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick (born in 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author and a winner of the National Book Award for his 2001 work of maritime history In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. He is probably the most prominent member of the Philbrick literary family. Philbrick graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earned his bachelor's degree at Brown University, and his master's deg... more

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  • 1956 (age 54 years)
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