In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
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Allens Hill Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.9 PHI
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910.9 PHI
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Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.9 PHI
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910.9 PHI
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Bell Memorial Library - Nunda - Adult Nonfiction
910.9164 PHI
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Allens Hill Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.9 PHI | Available |
Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.9 PHI | Available |
Bell Memorial Library - Nunda - Adult Nonfiction | 910.9164 PHI | Available |
Bloomfield Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.916 PHILBRICK | Available |
Clyde-Savannah Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.9164 Philbrick | Available |
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Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 302 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Also published by Penguin, 2001.
General Note
Also published by Penguin, 2015 (xvi, 301 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm).
Description
In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three months tested just how far humans could go in their battle against the sea as, one by one, they succumbed to hunger, thirst, disease and fear. ... This is a timeless account of the human spirit under extreme duress, but it is also a story about a community and about the kind of men and women who lived in a forbidding, remote island like Nantucket. -- Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Philbrick, N. (2000). In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Philbrick, Nat. 2000. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Philbrick, Nat. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Viking, 2000.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Philbrick, Nat. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Viking, 2000.
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