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In The Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
de Nathaniel Philbrick
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- Estado
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0008126836
- ISBN 13
- 9780008126834
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Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
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William Collins, Australia, 2015. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Film Tie-In The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century - and inspiration for `Moby-Dick' - reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy. When the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket in 1819, the unthinkable happened. A mere speck in the vast Pacific ocean - and powerless against the forces of nature - Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale, and her twenty crewmen were forced to take to the open sea in three small boats. Ninety days later only a handful of survivors were rescued - and a terrifying story of desperation, cannibalism and courage was revealed... 302 pages. Item Type: Film Tie-In. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Maritime; Ships & the Sea; ISBN/EAN: 9780008126834. Inventory No: 255187. . 9780008126834
Sinopsis
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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El Sep 10 2018, un lector dijo:
The use of time to show the tragedy offers a far better story to the reader than any action would.
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- leura books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 255187
- Título
- In The Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
- Autor
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0008126836
- ISBN 13
- 9780008126834
- Editorial
- William Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 2015
- Palabras clave
- BZDB43 Maritime; Ships & the Sea; EAN: 9780008126834 Nathaniel Philbrick In The Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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- Maritime;
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