National Book AwardIn the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
National Book Award Winner

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A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorFrom the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound.Simultaneous Publication with Viking Penguin's Standard Print Edition.
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