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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts AUTH-10772372 A dangerous stormThe gripping first hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's Moby Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days. Through drastic measures, eight men survived to reveal