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Book Review of In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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Wow, what an interesting read. The whaleship Essex gets rammed by a sperm whale off the coast of South America, thousands of miles from land. And through a series of bad decisions spends months asea trying to survive and some day return to their home in Nantucket, MA. Some disturbing stuff in there, but handled with minimal gore.