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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick is an award-winning (2000 National Book Award) non-fiction account of the 1820 sinking of a Nantucket whaleship by a sperm whale. The paperback, often published by Penguin Books, chronicles the crew's 90-day, 4,500-mile survival ordeal in small boats, detailing their descent into starvation and cannibalism.