03012cam a2200349 4500 585570656 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781504655736 1504655737 146e8239-16ab-4891-8b34-67c534a08b3e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2298580 OverDrive (Product ID) 9781982467340 9781982467340 TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea [OverDrive] : The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Blackstone Publishing, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 155MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 155MB. History. Juvenile Nonfiction. Transportation. HTML:<p><i>In the Heart of the Sea</i> brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship <i>Essex</i>—the inspiration for the climax of <i>Moby-Dick</i>. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history.</p> <p>In 1819 the 240-ton <i>Essex</i> set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed and sunk by an eighty-ton bull sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, made for the 3,000-mile-distant coast of South America in three tiny boats. During ninety days at sea under horrendous conditions, the survivors clung to life as one by one, they succumbed to hunger, thirst, disease, and fear.</p> <p><i>In the Heart of the Sea</i> tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever. Philbrick interweaves his account of this extraordinary ordeal of ordinary men with a wealth of whale lore and with a brilliantly detailed portrait of the lost, unique community of Nantucket whalers. Impeccably researched and beautifully told, the book delivers the ultimate portrait of man against nature. At once a literary companion and a page-turner that speaks to the same issues of class, race, and man's relationship to nature that permeate the works of Melville, <i>In the Heart of the Sea</i> will endure as a vital work of American history.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Mali, Taylor. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/2298580-InTheHeartOfTheSea.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=146e8239-16ab-4891-8b34-67c534a08b3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/2298580-InTheHeartOfTheSea.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=146e8239-16ab-4891-8b34-67c534a08b3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)