Nathaniel Philbrick, Author . Puffin $7.99 (164p) ISBN 978-0-14-240068-5
In what PW
called "a tale worthy of Ahab," this book describes the events of November 20, 1820, when a sperm whale took vengeance on the men who would slay it for oil. Adapted from the bestselling title for adults, In the Heart of the Sea
.
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Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-525-42676-9
Philbrick follows up his previous popular history illuminating lesser-known aspects of the Revolutionary War (Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution) with another insightful and accessible...
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Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking, $30 (448p) ISBN 978-0-525-42678-3
By recounting inconvenient truths, including “how patriotic zeal had lapsed into cynicism and self-interest,” Philbrick (Mayflower) once again casts new light on a period of American history with which many readers may assume familiarity. He relates
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Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking, $32.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-670-02544-2
Like most popular historians, Philbrick (Mayflower) writes about discrete events, not large developments. And he’s good at it, even if the larger context is rarely considered and critical analysis gives way to story and celebration. Here, his focus...
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Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking, $25 (144p) ISBN 978-0-670-02299-1
Answering the negative of Philbrick’s titular question is easy: Moby-Dick is intimidatingly large, scientifically rigorous, esoteric, and to some, may seem outdated. While the size of The Whale cannot be debated, Philbrick’s entreaty is as...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-399-23795-9
For older readers, Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick describes a tale worthy of Ahab: on November 20, 1820, an angry sperm whale took vengeance on the men who would slay it for oil. Adapted from ...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author Viking $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-89157-3
In 1821, a whaling ship came upon a small boat off the coast of Chile containing two deranged men surrounded by human bones that they alternately chewed and clutched to their shriveled bodies. The two were survivors of one of the most well-known...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author . Viking $29.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-670-02172-7
Philbrick here takes on an oft-told tale, replete with its dashing, flawed main character, its historically doomed, noble Native chief, and a battlefield strewn with American corpses. While off his usual stride with a surfeit of unnecessary detail,...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author . Viking $29.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-670-03760-5
In this remarkable effort, National Book Award–winner Philbrick (In the Heart of the Sea
) examines the history of Plymouth Colony. In the early 17th century, a small group of devout English Christians fled their villages to escape persecution,
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author , read by Taylor Mali. Audio Bookshelf $44.94 (0p) ISBN 978-0-9761932-0-3
Ahoy! From the first strains of the sea chantey that opens this solid program, listeners will be swept back to an exciting and busy time in maritime history. Mali performs a keen reading that matches the gripping tone of Philbrick's work about...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author . Viking $27.95 (452p) ISBN 978-0-670-03231-0
After chronicling the sinking of the whaleship Essex in In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick attempts to rescue from obscurity the U.S. Exploring Expedition's 1838–1842 circumnavigation of the world and its cartographic and scientific...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, illus. by Wendell Minor. Penguin/Paulsen, $17.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-399-16674-7
Philbrick draws on an episode recounted in his 2013 adult work, Bunker Hill, focusing on 13-year-old Benjamin Russell during the 1775 battle. In one-to-two page chapters, interspersed with Minor’s luxuriant gouache and watercolor illustrations,...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author, George Guidall, Read by , read by George Guidall. Penguin Audio $44.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-305875-5
What makes Philbrick's book so fascinating and accessible—the way he turns the Pilgrim legend on its head and shakes out fresh insights from the crusty old mythology we all absorbed in grade school—is present in full force in this...
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Nathaniel Philbrick, Author, TBA, Read by Penguin Audiobooks $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-180218-3
With woody intonation and a suitably somber cadence, Tony Award-winning actor Herrmann reads this chilling tale of the Essex, a whaling ship that was sunk in the middle of the Pacific by an 80-foot sperm whale in 1820. The story would come to mark...
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Nathaniel Philbrick. Viking, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-525-56217-7
Philbrick (In the Hurricane’s Eye) retraces George Washington’s presidential travels from 1789 to 1791 in this entertaining mix of history, travelogue, and memoir that takes a page from John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley. Accompanied by his wife,
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