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The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired M...
A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages."--The New York Times Book Review Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Hist...
In Search of Washington and His Legacy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.” —The Boston...
The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick'
The riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whisha...
A Voyage to War
Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick's new book tells the story of the Pilgrim fathers who set sail on the Mayflower and the bloody battle they ulti...
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
n 1819, the Nantucket Whaleship Essex set off to sea with 20 seamen, only to be attacked and demolished 15 months later by a sperm whale, and the crew...
Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
A book about a tiny island with a huge history, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye. “For ever...
Adapted from the New York Times bestseller Mayflower! After a dangerous journey across the Atlantic, the Mayflower?s passengers were saved from certai...
The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
Based on his "New York Times" bestseller "In the Heart of the Sea," Philbrick recreates the events of the ill-fated "Essex" through the sailors' own f...
A City, a Siege, a Revolution
What lights the spark that ignites a revolution? What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and mariners in the Ameri...
The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Nathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and British to...
America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfi...
The New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning In the Heart of the Sea, now a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard, adapted by ...
Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn
This is the archetypal story of the American West. Whether it is cast as a tale of unmatched bravery in the face of impossible odds or of insane arrog...
George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic r...
A Selection from Mayflower (Penguin Tracks)
The real story of the First Thanksgiving from the New York Times bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick One of America’s most acclaimed historians t...
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Analyzes the characters and contributions of the Plains Indians leader and forefront Union cavalry officer while explaining how the conflict forged a ...
or, The Whale
Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduc...
The Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island
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A historical account of the Pilgrims, their journey to the New World, and their fragile relations with Native Americans....
Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill
History comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Awar...
In 1820, the whaling ship Essex was attacked by an enraged sperm whale and sank, far out in the Pacific. The event created a dramatic sea story, inspi...
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A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together
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...
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the shaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds....