In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick · 2000
Popularity 156
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.
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