'IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: THE EPIC TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED ''MOBY DICK'' (STRANGER THAN...)'

By Nathaniel Philbrick

Format:Softcover

The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific in 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time, and inspired Moby Dick. Of the 20 sailors who took to lifeboats only three survived, by turning cannibal.

Biography & Memoir
336 pages • Softcover
First published 2007

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