On November 20, 1820, the whale ship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky boats in the...
Essex (Whaleship)
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Auteur:Philbrick, NathanielSommaire: -
Auteur:Philbrick, NathanielSommaire:In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history.
