Full name: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Award winners, Adventure, Biographies, Travel Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780141001821 0141001828

Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic "Moby-Dick," and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats. Similar books: Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Endurance by Alfred Lansing The River of Doubt by Candice Millard The Lost City of Z by David Grann The Endurance by Caroline Alexander Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick A Voyage For Madmen by Peter Nichols Into the Silence by Wade Davis A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank Worsley Captain Scott by Ranulph Fiennes In the Land of White Death by Valerian Albanov Scott's Last Expedition by Robert Falcon Scott Jungle of Stone by William Carlsen Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick