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Philbrick, Nathaniel

Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex

164 pp. | Putnam | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23795-X $$16.99
(1) YA Adapting his National Book Award-winner for a younger audience, Philbrick brings readers onboard for the tragic voyage of the Essex from Nantucket. In 1820, a sixty-ton sperm whale rammed and sank the ship, leaving the twenty-man crew stranded in the Pacific Ocean. After three months, eight men remained alive--barely. Maps and black-and-white photos and reproductions illustrate the gripping narrative. This is a real-life survival story of epic proportions. Ind.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003

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