If Alvin and the Chipmunks were re-imagined as opera singers, the lead singer could be bass. An intense and mesmerizing read, In their dedication to killing sperm whales the Nantucketers had developed a system of social relationships that mimicked those of their prey.” This book climaxes in cannibalism. A harrowing tale. It's a shock to the system. 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. Fascinating stuff and also so tragic. God Bless their souls. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, made for the 3,000-mile-distant coast of South America in three tiny boats. 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. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. “Fascinating…One of our country’s great adventure stories…when it comes to extremes, In the Heart of the Sea is right there.”“[Told] with verve and authenticity…a classic tale of the sea.”“Nathaniel Philbrick has taken one of the most horrifying stories in maritime history and turned it into a classic….One of the most chilling books I have ever read.” This may be because I am stupid, but I like to think it's because I'm interested in the details.

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I mean, there's cannibalism in this is what I'm saying, and while it's not described in extreme detail, it is *described* . Start by marking “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” as Want to Read: I was pretty sure that no one would be willing to go after them at In the Heart is the actual historical story. Find books like In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex from the world’s largest community of readers. The first edition of the novel was published in December 1st 1999, and was written by Nathaniel Philbrick. 4 stars“In the Heart of the Sea” is my first time reading the work of Nathaniel Philbrick. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Philbrick takes us inside the tragedy with painstaking care and newly discovered research. Some ninety days of searing sun and pounding gales later, the battered, ulcerated, and skeletal survivors miraculously reach a precarious safety.This was a fascinating and very readable true account of the whaleship This was a fascinating and very readable true account of the whaleship IMPORTANT UPDATE: The great reader in the sky has answered my prayers and made a movie based on this story - starring Chris Hemsworth - so I already count IMPORTANT UPDATE: The great reader in the sky has answered my prayers and made a movie based on this story - starring Chris Hemsworth - so I already count If I had to come up with a torturous way to die, I would immediately start talking about this book. Most glad to be sitting on my comfortable couch right now, not having to resort to cannibalism. I can't take them seriously.I have never, ever, in my LIFE, met a nonfiction book I was unable to put down before. This story was an atmospheric and truly terrifying account of an ordeal that defies comprehension. It never feels stodgy or stilted. He describes hour to hour what happened on the ill-fated voyage. I can't take them seriously.There's one thing you need to know about me: I’ve never listened to a song by Rush all the way through. With a tremendous cracking and splintering of oak, it struck the ship just beneath the anchor secured at the cat-head on the port bow..." "With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-water wake more than forty feet across, the whale approached the ship at twice its original speed - at least six knots. Looking forward to another book by Nathaniel Philbrick!The mesmerizing story of the 19th century Nantucket whaleboat Essex, sunk after being rammed by a giant sperm whale, its crew afloat in whaleboats in the Pacific for weeks as their limited provisions eventually expire. Left at a point in the Pacific that could not be further from land, the twenty crewmembers board three leaky whaleboats with limited food and freshwater. This is a truly fascinating account of the true events of the inspiration behind Melville’s basis for Moby Dick. The whaleship Essex, 15 months into an expected journey of three years, is head-butted and sunk by a sperm whale, an unprecedented and bizarre attack that inspired Herman Melville's classic "Moby Dick." 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. 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. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHALESHIP by Nathaniel Philbrick ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2000 A vivid account of a 19th-century maritime disaster that engaged the popular imagination of the time with its horrors of castaways and cannibalism. Free download or read online In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex pdf (ePUB) book. This was just an amazing account of not only the Essex, but the early days of whaling in the American colonies. He describes hour to hour what happened on the ill-fated voyage. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex In 1820, an angry sperm whale sank the whaleship Essex, leaving its desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. This is my favorite type of historical writing. This book climaxes in cannibalism. We’d love your help. It will not be my last.

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