In The Heart Of The Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick by Nathaniel Philbrick

In The Heart Of The Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby Dick

Nathaniel Philbrick with Chris Moore (Illustrator)

302 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced

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"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-water wake more than forty feet across, the whale approached the ship at twice its original speed - at least six knots. With a tremendous cracking an...

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Moods

adventurous 75%
dark 72%
informative 71%
sad 41%
tense 40%
emotional 31%
challenging 27%
reflective 18%
inspiring 12%
mysterious 4%
hopeful 2%

Pace

medium 56%
slow 26%
fast 16%

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