In the Heart of the Sea won the 2000 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.[2]
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The Question and Answer section for In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Nickerson thought that Chase's decision was based upon the fact that is they headed back to Nantucket, a significant number of the crew would jump ship.
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"One naval arcitect's calculations project that if the Essex had been a new ship, her oak planking would have withstood even this tremendous blow. Since the whale did punch a hole in the bow, the Essex's twenty-one-year-old planking must have...
