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Dec 28, 2015 · Ever since its publication in 1851, Moby-Dick has sparked the imagination with its prophetic, digressive and dangerous themes. So much so, it eclipsed the true story the novel is based on.
Dec 11, 2015 · But it turns out that the true story of the ship Essex— which inspired the great American novel and is now getting its own treatment on the big screen in the Chris Hemsworth vehicle In the...
- Eliana Dockterman
Jun 10, 2018 · But that real-life tale – that of a vengeful whale taking out a whaling ship – has now been adapted in true swashbuckling style by Ron Howard. The film, ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s maritime history book of the same name.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction .
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- 2000
Dec 11, 2015 · How crewmembers survived fear, ego, starvation, and cannibalism after their boat was torn apart by a giant whale.
Dec 9, 2015 · A real maritime disaster involving an enormous whale inspired Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Now the real story of fate, fear and cannibalism is being made into a Hollywood action movie.
May 1, 2001 · In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Paperback – May 1 2001. From the author of Mayflower and Valiant Ambition, the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
- Nathaniel Philbrick
