Description:
Nathaniel Philbrick, whose book 'In The Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex' (Viking Penguin, 2000) won the 2000 National Book Foundation Award for Nonfiction, addresses attendees at the 2004 National Book Festival. A leading authority on the history of Nantucket, Mr. Philbrick serves as director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Society. His most recent book, 'Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery – The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842' (Penguin, 2003), also won a New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
Speaker(s):
Nathaniel Philbrick, author
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