In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2001) is a National Book Award winning work of maritime history by Nathaniel Philbrick. It tells the story of the Whaleship Essex from the point of view of Thomas Nickerson who was a 14 year old cabin boy on the Essex. The book is based on a notebook written by Nickerson when in his seventies which was lost until 1980.
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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....

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