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Author:

Philbrick, Nathaniel.

Title:

In the heart of the sea : the true story of the whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick.

Edition:

The young reader's ed.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Essex (Whaleship)--Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean--Juvenile literature.
Survival at sea--Juvenile literature.
Whaling--Pacific Ocean--Juvenile literature.
Essex (Whaleship)
Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.
Survival at sea.
Whaling--Pacific Ocean.
Essex (Whaleship)
Shipwrecks.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Whaling--Pacific Ocean.

Other Titles:

Revenge of the whale

Notes:

Originally published as: Revenge of the whale. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161) and index.

Summary:

Tells the story of the "Essex," a whaleship that set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a routine voyage, and how it was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the South Pacific, which sent the twenty-man crew adrift in three tiny boats.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2007
School Library Journal, November 2000
Booklist starred, March 2000
Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), January 2001
Pub Weekly, April 2000
Kirkus Starred, March 2000
New York Times, June 2000
Wilson's Senior High School
School Library Journal
Booklist starred

ISBN:

1101997761
9781101997765

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)