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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three...
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"Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami's hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn't anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves...
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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." On November 20, 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one-man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky boats in the middle of the...
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"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
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Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the new feature film Heart of the Sea. A tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, Beneath the Heart of the Sea is an extreme account of shipwreck survival.On the morning of November 20,1820, in the Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaleship Essex. As the...
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Falmouth Community Television
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2010
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1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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.
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Hyperion
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©2002
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232 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Red Sky in Mourning" is the true story of Tami Oldham Ashcraft's 41-day journey to safety through a killer hurricane at sea, which she survived through fortitude and sheer strength of character. Interspersed with flashbacks to her romance with her doomed fiance Richard who was onboard with her, this survival story offers a triumphant, life-affirming ending.
11) Adrift
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Widescreen.
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1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
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Naval Institute Press
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©2004
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x, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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English
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"On 16 September 1945, Elmer Renner and thirty-one shipmates aboard a U.S. Navy minesweeper off the coast of Okinawa endured one of the worst typhoons in recorded history. Named Makurazaki by the Japanese, the storm capsized Renner's ship and sent many of the crew to the bottom of the Pacific. Built for coastal waters, YMS-472 simply could not withstand the huge seas. Renner and eight others, however, managed to ride out the final fury of the typhoon...
16) Lost!
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Atheneum
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1975
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1st ed.
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248 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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