In the Heart of the Sea

The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick'

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<p>The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory.</p><p>The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates.</p><p>Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons' worth, with two survivors - almost skeletons themselves - sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780006531203

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 129 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins Publishers