- Sperm whale, National Book Award Winner, Whaleboats, Essex (Whaleship)
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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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- William Collins, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Lions
- Editions
- 38
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780001055506
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“IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time.”
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