In the Heart of the Sea

<b><b>From the author of <i>Mayflower Valiant Ambition</i> <b>and <i>In the Hurricane's Eye--</i></b>t</b>he riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's <i>Moby-Dick</i>.</b> <p/>Winner of the National Book Award Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure steeped in the lore of whaling with deep resonance in American literature and history. <p/>In 1820 the whaleship <i>Essex </i>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>In the Heart of the Sea</i> recently adapted into a major feature film starring Chris Hemsworth is a book for the ages.