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Álvaro Carrasquel asked this question about In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex:
Don´t you think that "In the Heart of the Sea tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever" is so exaggerated? What about Moby-Dick itself?
Arsh Walia I feel that the book is not over exaggerated because this could happen in real life. Everyone wants to return back to their loved ones, so they'll do …moreI feel that the book is not over exaggerated because this could happen in real life. Everyone wants to return back to their loved ones, so they'll do anything to go back. But, yes there are parts which could have been shortened, like the part where they found the whale and failed to kill it.(less)
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In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author)
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