In the Heart of the Sea

By Nathaniel Philbrick

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

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.