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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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message 1: by Carrie (last edited Jan 11, 2015 04:34PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Carrie Great book, the movie comes out in March. Nathaniel Philbrick is one of my favorite authors. A fairly quick read this book is about the sinking of the whaleship Essex by a huge sperm whale. The crew then had to survive in three small boats until they could be rescued or make it to land. The novel Moby Dick was based on this tragedy.


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Anne (librarianguish) | 636 comments Mod
Carrie wrote: "Great book, the movie comes out in March. Nathaniel Philbrick is one of my favorite authors. A fairly quick read this book is about the sinking of the whaleship Essex by a huge sperm whale. The cre..."

Hi Carrie! Do you want this book to go into the book to movie category? Thanks!


Carrie Yes please, thanks :)


Megan | 11 comments I used this for my non fiction book but I'm really looking forward to the movie.

I never thought I'd be so captivated by a book about ships, whales, and eating your shipmates. Great book.


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Anne (librarianguish) | 636 comments Mod
Meagan wrote: "I used this for my non fiction book but I'm really looking forward to the movie.

I never thought I'd be so captivated by a book about ships, whales, and eating your shipmates. Great book."


What? There's cannibalism? I better put this on my "to read" list. :-)


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