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Essex (Whaleship)
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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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