In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick'

Nathaniel Philbrick

ISBN 10: 0002570572 / ISBN 13: 9780002570572

Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000

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VGC plus/VGC.HarperCollins,2000.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small dent and nick on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC plus, with Dj(two creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings,diagrams,map.Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges,small tear,nick and crease on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.312pp including Notes,select bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick'
• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0002570572
• ISBN-13: 9780002570572
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First UK edition-first printing.
• Zustand: Very good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good
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Inhaltsangabe

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, which was the inspiration for Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick.

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.

The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.