Philbrick, Nathaniel, <br/><br/>
In the heart of the sea : the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick 

 - London:  Harper Press,  2005. 
 - 302 p. 
<br/><br/> In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster. I 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780006531203 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nathaniel, Philbrick<br/>Massachusetts--Nantucket Island
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>910.452  / PHI