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In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick / Nathaniel Philbrick
de Philbrick, Nathaniel
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London: HarperCollins, 2001. 2nd edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Melville, Herman 1819-1891. Moby Dick. Essex (Whaleship). Shipwrecks Pacific Ocean. Whaleboats. Massachusetts Nantucket Island. Sperm whale. Airplane crash survival. Wilderness survival. Genre: History. Illustrated. Monographs.
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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- Título
- In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick / Nathaniel Philbrick
- Autor
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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- 2nd edition
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- ISBN 10
- 0006531202
- ISBN 13
- 9780006531203
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- London: HarperCollins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
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