Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.".
year: 2002, 2004
call number/section: 910.91, 910
subjects: shipwrecks, pacific ocean, juvenile literature, whaling, survival, readers rule, fear factor
Editions
Philbrick, Nat
Putnam's (2002)
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.".
Schools: 13
Philbrick, Nat
Puffin (2004)
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.".
Schools: 12