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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Hurricane's Eye, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two.
“There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow—the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves...
“There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow—the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves...
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English
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"Does George Washington still matter? The bestselling author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
3) Why read Moby Dick? : noted author Nathaniel Philbrick returns to Falmouth to discuss his new book
Publisher
Falmouth Public Library
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Author program presented at the Falmouth Public Library on October 26, 2011.
Author
Publisher
Falmouth Community Television
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, speaks about his work on the historical event which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick.
Publisher
Warner Bros. pictures/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (122, 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Heart of the Sea (122 min.): Recounts the sinking of the whaling ship Essex in 1820, which inspired the novel Moby Dick. In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's...
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