In the Heart of the Sea

By Nathaniel Philbrick

Subjects: History, Nantucket island (mass.), history, Essex (Ship), Survival, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-12-13, Essex (Whale-ship.), Whaleboats, award:national_book_award=2000, Shipwrecks, Nonfiction, Whaling ships, Sperm whale, National Book Award Winner, Essex (whaleship), award:national_book_award=nonfiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Essex (Whaleship), Open Library Staff Picks, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, New York Times bestseller, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Whaling, Shipwreck survival, Essex (Whale-ship), Reading Level-Grade 12, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2015-04-12, New York Times reviewed

Description: In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale.