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(0)Nathaniel Philbrick
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
xii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
After a journey across the Atlantic, the Mayflower's passengers were saved from destruction with the help of the natives of the Plymouth region. For fifty years, peace was maintained as Pilgrims and Natives worked together. But that trust was broken with the next generation of leaders, and conflict erupted that nearly wiped out English and natives alike.
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Formats
Description
In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex-the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history. In 1819, the 240-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed and sunk by an eighty-ton...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the George Washington Prize
A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye.
"May be one of the greatest what-if books...
Winner of the George Washington Prize
A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye.
"May be one of the greatest what-if books...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Description
"The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships...
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xvii, 398 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
x, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Description
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea." On November 20, 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one-man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky boats in the middle of the...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xvii, 461 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
From 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 author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
"Does George Washington still matter? The bestselling author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
xxii, 466 p. ; [855 p. large print] ; [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Description
The bestselling author of 'Mayflower' sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West, reminding readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville₂s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship₂s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive....
13) Call Us Ishmael
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Description
An intimate look at the world's obsession with Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the "Great American Novel." Historians, artists, philosophers and fanatics explore the artistic and cultural legacy the novel has had throughout American history.