01440cam a2200373 4500 241305729 TxAuBib 20150823120000.0 000609s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99053740 9780670891573 0670891576 9780141001821 pbk. 0141001828 pbk. TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2000. xvi, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes notes, 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. 1210 Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.8 14.0 45207. 20150823. MG. eam. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Moby Dick. . Essex (Whaleship.) Shipwrecks. Shipwrecks. Pacific Ocean. Whaling. Whalers' writings. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.