The Essex and the Whale: Melville's Leviathan Library and the Birth of Moby-Dick by

The Essex and the Whale: Melville's Leviathan Library and the Birth of Moby-Dick

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The notorious 1820 sinking of the whaleship Essex inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, as recounted in Nathaniel Philbrick's bestselling book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex--now a major motion picture. But how exactly...

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