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I had heard of this book, but had never picked it up and then it was chosen for book club. The story of the sinking of the whale ship, Essex is a story of so many things, but mostly human nature in the face of tragedy and the natural elements. Nathaniel Philbrick relied on diaries, mostly from the youngest member of the Essex crew, Thomas Nickerson. Young Nickerson was able to observe the leadership styles of Capatain Pollard and the first Mate, Owen Chase and showed how their errors led to a wo
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Bookmarks Issue: July/Aug 2006 - 101 Crackerjack Sea Books(#40)
A story about the extremes human beings will go to to survive.
This is the real life inspiration for Moby Dick. The first part of the book captures what it was like to live in Nantucket back in the 1800's and be employed on a whaling ship and the second portion captures what happens at sea. While I found this interesting, it felt FAR too long for my liking. It really dragged for me at all different times throughout the book. If you enjoy non-fiction, you would probably really enjoy this book
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The incident covered by this book was the genesis for Melville's "Moby Dick." The events of 1820 are often explained or clarified by much more recent studies (e.g. a 1945 study about starvation). These asides were very enlightening and interesting.
My heart ached through most of this book for the myriad tragedies - one sailor who did return to Nantucket ended up being married four times since 2 of his wives died due to birthing difficulties while a third wife was divorced due to her birthing whi ...more
My heart ached through most of this book for the myriad tragedies - one sailor who did return to Nantucket ended up being married four times since 2 of his wives died due to birthing difficulties while a third wife was divorced due to her birthing whi ...more
Really well done book. Great story.
Mar 17, 2011
Tom Carrico
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Apr 21, 2013
Suzanne Moore
marked it as to-read
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Mar 04, 2016
Dlmrose
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really liked it
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Mar 14, 2017
Laurie
marked it as to-read
