... Essex tragedy in the American historical canon. In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex--an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history ... , this tiny island was the center of the lucrative whale industry. Eventually, there came a decline, and the small community would wither; but in their glory years, Nantucketers were the standard by which t...

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