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020 _a9780006531203
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_bPHI
100 _aPhilbrick, Nathaniel,
245 _aIn the heart of the sea : the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick
260 _aLondon:
_bHarper Press,
_c2005.
300 _a302 p.
520 _aIn 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
650 _aNathaniel, Philbrick
650 _aMassachusetts--Nantucket Island
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