In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Non-Fiction Kramer (1979)

Kramer (1979)

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Non-Fiction Kramer (1979)In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby Dick. In a harrowing page turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history. In 1820, the 240 ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, in the