In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
“With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-water wake more than forty feet across, the whale approached the ship at twice its original speed – at least six knots. With a tremendous cracking and splintering of oak, it struck the ship just beneath the anchor secured at the cat-head on the port bow…” In the Heart of the….Read More
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