In the heart of the sea the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
"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. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away....
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Penguin,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Nantucket
- ch. 2. Knockdown
- ch. 3. First blood
- ch. 4. The lees of fire
- ch. 5. The attack
- ch. 6. The plan
- ch. 7. At sea
- ch. 8. Centering down
- ch. 9. The island
- ch. 10. The whisper of necessity
- ch. 11. Games of change
- ch. 12. In the eagle's shadow
- ch. 13. Homecoming
- ch. 14. Consequences
- Epilogue : bones.
