From the author of the forthcoming book, Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard, premiering on December 11, 2015
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson will star in a new film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.
In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety days in three tiny boats. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents and vivid details about the Nantucket whaling tradition to reveal the chilling facts of this infamous maritime disaster. In the Heart of the Sea—and now, its epic adaptation for the screen—will forever place the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Sexual Content - 0/5
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Violence - 4/5
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Language - 1/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
Overall This was a fantastic story about an historical event I had not previously heard about. It was a shocking story of death and survival, of starvation and cannibalism, of despair and hope. I highly recommend this book for any that enjoys history. In the end, you will be in awe that anyone could survive the circumstances.
Violence I'm rating this a 4 b/c the story contains acts of cannibalism.
Language It's been awhile since I read this book but I do not recall a lot of crude language.