In the Heart of the Sea

The Epic True Story That Inspired "Moby Dick"

Nathaniel Philbrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2007 | (Reissue)
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-00-724179-8 (ISBN)

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The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale 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.

Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian and broadcaster who has written extensively about sailing. He is director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies on Nantucket Island, and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association. He was a consultant on the movie 'Moby Dick'. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since 1986.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.2.2007
Reihe/Serie	Stranger Than!
Zusatzinfo	8 b/w plates (16pp)
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	248 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-00-724179-8 / 0007241798
ISBN-13	978-0-00-724179-8 / 9780007241798
Zustand	Neuware