In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

By Nathaniel Philbrick
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“In the Heart of the Sea is a true story of unimaginable horror. The source for Melville’s ‘mighty book’ is a tale told wonderfully well by Nathaniel Philbrick.”

Peter Benchley

Winner of National Book Award

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard.

Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in a film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.

In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster. In the Heart of the Sea—and now, its epic adaptation for the screen—will forever place the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.

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  1. Elliotts12
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    Stott Brick strikes again

    This is an absolutely brilliant book, and far better than the recent Ron Howard film. It's a novel, based upon another novel, which is based upon journals and anecdotal entries. The audio won't have the illustrations, but they're not essential. Unfortunately, it's narrated by Scott Brick, who has a pretentious quavering reading style guaranteed to ruin a listening experience.

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