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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