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In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick.

Philbrick, Nathaniel, (author.). Brick, Scott, (narrator.).

Summary:

The incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the inspiration for Melville's great classic, Moby Dick. In 1820, the Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611763577
  • ISBN: 1611763576
  • Physical Description: 8 audio discs (approximately 600 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from web page.
Compact discs.
Movie tie-in release.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Scott Brick.
Subject: Essex (Whaleship)
Sperm whale.
Sperm whale hunting.
Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival > Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks > Pacific Ocean > History > 19th century.
Whaling ships > Massachusetts > Nantucket > History > 19th century.
Audiobooks.
Genre: Audiobooks.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bangor.

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