In the Heart of the Sea [The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex]-Nathaniel Philbrick

The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth.



In 1819 the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with 20 crew members aboard.



In the middle of the South Pacific, the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale.



The crew drifted for more than 90 days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, and disease and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.



Nathaniel Philbrick uses little known documents, including a long lost account written by the ship’s cabin boy, and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster.





Unabridged

Narrated By: Nathaniel Philbrick

Duration: 10:03:35

Bitrate: 64Kbps