In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
A Survival, Adventure, History book. No matter how much the inhabitants might try to hide it, there was a savagery about this island, a...
National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2000The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the 19th century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the 20th. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with 20 crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than 90 days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents, including a long-lost account written by the ship's cabin boy, and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster. An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.©2000 Nathaniel Philbrick; (P)2000 Penguin Audiobooks
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How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent controlled starvation and confirmed how quickly it impacts the initiative and generosity we like to think of as "American" characteristics. Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex // The sperm whales network of female-based family units resembled, to a remarkable extent, the community the whalemen had left back home on Nantucket. In both societies the males were itinerants. In their dedication to killing sperm whales the Nantucketers had developed a system of social relationships that mimicked those of their prey. Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex // at sea, things appear different. Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex //
Buddy-read with Jeff-fah-fah and Holly! Guys, it was awesome!For anyone not knowing: this is a true story. The Essex, a ship full of whalers, ventures into the Pacific to kill a lot of animals, usually in a very horrific way, and the men get what they've got coming when a male sperm whale attacks and sinks the ship.The story even inspired... Just how I like my history books: Interesting. Many (most?) history books get bogged down in the details discovered during the well-meaning author's research, losing the story somewhere amid a plethora of sleep-inducing minutiae. But not here. Author Nathaniel Philbrick keeps front and center the mesmerizing story of the 19th century... Best piece of non-fiction Ive read in years I know its a clich but you cant make this stuff up! In 1819, a whaling ship is rammed by a sperm whale, not once but twice and the surviving crew drifts for 90 days in three tiny boats, Captain Blighs 48 day ordeal pales in comparison. They eventually turned to cannibalism which call me weird...
