![]() ![]() I’m a history buff, but I had always considered this time period to be pretty dull. It’s an amazing tale of survival and adventure–the ship’s crew drifted on the open ocean for 93 days and had to resort to cannibalism to survive–and as such would appeal to almost any reader.īut the author has also skillfully used the Essex tragedy to illuminate the entire culture and economy of whaling in the United States in the early 19th century. ![]() The book, and the movie, tell the story of the Nantucket whaleship Essex, which was rammed by a sperm whale and sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. But it has been back in the news–and on my reading list–because a movie adaptation starring Chris Hemsworth (of Thor fame) came out in 2015. ![]() In the Heart of the Sea won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2000, so it’s not a new book. ![]()
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