In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2001) is a National Book Award winning work of maritime history by Nathaniel Philbrick. It tells the story of the Whaleship Essex from the point of view of Thomas Nickerson who was a fourteen-year-old cabin boy on the Essex. The book is based on a notebook written by Nickerson when in his seventies. The notebook was lost until 1960, and only in 1980 was it recognized that Nickerson had been the Essex' cabin boy.[1]
[edit] See also
- Moby-Dick
- The Raft of the Medusa
- The Loss of the Ship "Essex" Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats
[edit] References
- ^ Philbrick, Nathaniel (2001). In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Penguin Books. pp. xiv-xv. ISBN 0-14-100182-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=jcarV199NhkC&printsec=frontcover.
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