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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Read between December 4 - December 10, 2019
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to maintain a peaceful life on land while raising bloody havoc at sea. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lord’s will.