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In the Heart of the Sea : The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
de Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002570572
- ISBN 13
- 9780002570572
- Librería
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
Precio
EUR 11.84EUR 7.70
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Sobre este artículo
London: HarperCollins, 2000. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, xviii + 302 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; traces of shelf and reading wear, ink gift inscription on free front endpaper, but tight in binding, very gently used, otherwise very clean and unmarked; DJ gently bumped along edges, two very tiny tears. See also our listing for The Hunting of the Whale: A Tragedy That Must End.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Eric James
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 038815
- Título
- In the Heart of the Sea : The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick
- Autor
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002570572
- ISBN 13
- 9780002570572
- Editorial
- HarperCollins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- EXPLORATION OCEANIA PACIFIC WHALE HUNTING WHALES HUNTING WHALEHUNT WHALING INDUSTRY HISTORY NATURE NATURAL HISTORY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History; Ships; Nature/Natural Science/Pets;
Términos de venta
Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
Sobre el vendedor
Eric James
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Lewisporte, Newfoundland
Sobre Eric James
Online sales only.
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