Nathaniel Philbrick

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January 01, 1956 in Boston, The United States

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Philbrick was Brown’s first Intercollegiate All-American sailor in 1978; that year he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, RI; today he and his wife Melissa sail their Beetle Cat Clio and their Tiffany Jane 34 Marie-J in the waters surrounding Nantucket Island.

After grad school, Philbrick worked for four years at Sailing World magazine; was a freelancer for a number of years, during which time he wrote/edited several sailing books, including Yaahting: A Parody (1984), for which he was the editor-in-chief; during this time he was also the primary caregiver for his two children. After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. He was offer...more

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Lights, Camera, Action at the AAS

One of my favorite research institutions is the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded by the newspaperman Isaiah Thomas (whose colonial-era printing press is on display), the AAS contains terrific collections of early American historical documents and artifacts. The AAS was a big help to me when I was researching Mayflower, and I've already spent considerable time th...

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Books by Nathaniel Philbrick

Average rating: 3.99 · 26,198 ratings · 3,545 reviews · 23 distinct works

	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.17 avg rating — 11,353 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions	My rating:
	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War 3.79 avg rating — 7,912 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 3.86 avg rating — 1,528 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 3.87 avg rating — 941 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Why Read Moby-Dick? 3.69 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Mayflower & the Pilgrims' New World 3.66 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Revenge Of The Whale: The True Story Of The Whaleship Essex, Adapted For Young People From In The Heart Of The Sea 3.62 avg rating — 172 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England by Nathaniel Philbrick (Editor, Introduction & Notes by), Various 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Abram's Eyes: The Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998	My rating:

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“There are two possible responses to a world suddenly gripped by terror and contention. There is the Moseley way: get mad and get even. But as the course of King Philip's War proved, unbridled arrogance and fear only feed the flames of violence. Then there is the (Benjamin) Church way. Instead of killing him, try to bring him around to your way of thinking. First and foremost, treat him like a human being. For Church, success in war was about coercion rather that slaughter, and in this he anticipated the welcoming, transformative beast that eventually became, once the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were in place, the United States.”
― Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

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“Melville's example demonstrates the wisdom of waiting to read the classics. Coming to a great book on your own after having accumulated essential life experience can make all the difference.”
― Nathaniel Philbrick, Why Read Moby-Dick?

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