01023cam a2200241 4500 76322344 TxAuBib 20000705120000.0 000703s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99053740 9780670891573 $24.95 0670891576 $24.95 DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 2000. xvi, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-289) and index. Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic "Moby-Dick," and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats. 20000703. Essex (Whaleship.) Shipwrecks.