American · b. 1956
Nathaniel Philbrick is an American historian and author best known for In the Heart of the Sea, the National Book Award–winning account of the whaleship Essex disaster that inspired Moby-Dick.
Nathaniel Philbrick is a maritime and American historian whose narrative nonfiction brings the drama of the past vividly to life.
His In the Heart of the Sea (2000) won the National Book Award, recounting the harrowing true story of the whaleship Essex, sunk by a sperm whale, which inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. His other acclaimed books include Mayflower, Bunker Hill, and In the Hurricane’s Eye, on the American founding and the Revolution.
Philbrick is admired for his gripping storytelling and meticulous research, which together make history immediate, human, and compelling.
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Nathaniel Philbrick's National Book Award–winning history of the whaleship Essex, sunk by an enraged sperm whale in 1820 — the true event that inspired Moby-Dick. The survivors' ordeal in open boats, including the desperate choices they faced, makes for a gripping and harrowing tale of the sea.
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