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Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author of history, best known for his National Book Award-winning book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and was adapted into a 2015 film. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earned degrees from Brown and Duke Universities, and moved to Nantucket in 1986, where he founded the Egan Maritime Institute and became a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association.[1][2][3]

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Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
2016
 Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
2016
 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
2001
 Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) Book Cover May Vary
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) Book Cover May Vary
2017
 Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
2013
 Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
2006
 In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (The American Revolution Series)
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (The American Revolution Series)
2019
 In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
 Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution
Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution
2013
 The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
2010
 Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
2007
 Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
2022
 The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
2010
 Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
2011
 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
2000
 The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
2010
 Why Read Moby-Dick?
Why Read Moby-Dick?
2011
 Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
2013
 The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
2010
 In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
2001
 The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
2010
 In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
2000
 Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
2006
 Why Read Moby-Dick?
Why Read Moby-Dick?
2011