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040 _aPPAK
_beng
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_erda
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_a910.452
090 _a910.452
_bPHI
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100 1 _aPhilbrick, Nathaniel,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIn the HEART of the SEA :
_bThe Epic True Story that Inspired Moby Dick /
_cNATHANIEL PHILBRICK.
250 _aPaperback edition.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bWilliam Collins ;
_c2015.
300 _a xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps, portraits, photographs ;
_c20 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
500 _a"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
500 _aOriginally published: London: HarperCollins, 2000.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aTRUE STORIES OF HEROISM, ENDURANCE & SURVIVAL. 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 March 2015. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates. Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons' worth, with two survivors - almost skeletons themselves - sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates.
586 _aThe International Bestseller.
610 2 0 _aEssex (Whaleship)
650 1 0 _aShipwrecks
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_zPacific Ocean
650 0 _aShipwreck survival.
650 0 _aSperm whale.
650 0 _aWhaling ships
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_zMassachusetts
_zNantucket
650 0 _aWhaleboats
_zMassachusetts
_zNantucket Island.
650 0 _aShipwrecks
_zSouth Pacific Ocean.
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