01171cam a2200289 4500 55715428 TxAuBib 20040910120000.0 040910s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002000667 9780399237959 11.60 039923795X 11.60 DLC DLC IOU C#P IOS TxAuBib Philbrick, Nat. Revenge of the whale : the true story of the whaleship Essex / Nathaniel Philbrick. New York : G.P. Putnam, 2002. x, 164 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]) and index. Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.". 20040910. Essex (Whaleship) Juvenile literature. Essex (Whaleship.) Shipwrecks Pacific Ocean Juvenile literature. Shipwrecks. Whaling. Survival.