In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages302 pages
ISBN
9780141001821
Published
2000
Description
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-water wake more than forty feet across, the whale approached the ship at twice its original speed - at least six knots. Wi..."With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-water wake more than forty feet across, the whale approached the ship at twice its original speed - at least six knots. With a tremendous cracking and splintering of oak, it struck the ship just beneath the anchor secured at the cat-head on the port bow.