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 | In the Heart of the Sea | True story of the whaling ship Essex and her crew, who get sunk by a sperm whale and have to survive months in open boats. Lots of good background info too on the inhabitants of Nantucket island and life in a whaling community in the early 1800's. |
| by Nathaniel Philbrick | ||
| Score: 7.5 | ||
| Published: 2000 | ||
| Read: November 17th 2007 |
Comments
johnnysocks7 said on January 26th 2016, 08:19:00
Just re-read this one (January 2016) and thoroughly enjoyed it this time round, I would give it 8 or even 8.5! Beautifully told historical dramatic story, with plenty of details on the whaling industry.
John said
Very good - all very interesting and plenty of whale blubber and cannibalism.