Audio Reviews:
Star Review-Publishers Weekly-"Ahoy!
From the first strains of the sea, listeners will be swept back to an exciting
and busy time in maritime history. Mali performs a keen reading that matches the
gripping tone of Philbrick's work about the wreck of the Nantucket whaler Essex
in November 1820 and the amazing tale of some of the crew's survival and rescue
some months later. But this history filled volume, which often sounds like a novel,
is the real thing, culled from accounts of people who were actually on the ship.Mali
makes sure that listeners ride the waves of exhileration, fear, tragedy and joyous
relief".
BOOK REVIEW
" Vivid and compelling. Revenge...is history at its best"- Bookpage Winner-Boston Globe-Horn Book non-Fiction Honor Award,
2003 The Bulletin-Starred review. Horn Book-Starred review -based on In the
heart of the Sea-National Book Award
SYNOPSIS:
The shipwrecked crew of the whaleship Essex was living proof
that it could when a whale displayed a fury never before witnessed, ramming and
sinking their vessel in a matter of minutes in November,1820. The story of their
survival is one rarely spoken of by Nantucketers even to this day, but national
Book Award winning author nathaniel Philbrick courageously brings every shocking
detail into the light. The result is this unforgetable and riveting account of
the horrors of survival at sea. This is "The Adventure" audiobook of
the year!
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