In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
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New York, NY : Viking, [2000].
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Book
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xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black & white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Lexile measure:
1210L
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East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
910.9164 PHI
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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three months tested just how far humans could go in their battle against the sea as, one by one, they succumbed to hunger, thirst, disease and fear. ... This is a timeless account of the human spirit under extreme duress, but it is also a story about a community and about the kind of men and women who lived in a forbidding, remote island like Nantucket. -- Dust jacket.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670891573
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Lexile measure:
1210
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ([239]-289) and index.
Description
In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three months tested just how far humans could go in their battle against the sea as, one by one, they succumbed to hunger, thirst, disease and fear. ... This is a timeless account of the human spirit under extreme duress, but it is also a story about a community and about the kind of men and women who lived in a forbidding, remote island like Nantucket. -- Dust jacket.
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Accelerated Reader,UG,8.8,14,45207
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APA Citation (style guide)
Philbrick, N. (2000). In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Philbrick, Nathaniel. 2000. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Philbrick, Nathaniel, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking, 2000.
MLA Citation (style guide)Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking, 2000.
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