Dick epic heart in inspired moby sea story that true

Condition: New. Customer images. Other Popular Editions of the Same Title. It was, he later remembered, "the most pleasing moment of my life" - the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time. Aged 41, he has lived on Nantucket with his wife and two children since Ninety days later only a handful of survivors were rescued - and a terrifying story of desperation, cannibalism and courage was revealed

But if the town, high on its hill, radiated an almost ethereal quality of calm, the waterfront below bustled with activity. Still, there was talk among the men on the wharves when earlier that July, as the Essex was being repaired and outfitted, a comet appeared in the night sky. Video Contest. It was a scene already familiar to Thomas Nickerson.