Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the new film Heart of the Sea. A tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, this book is an extreme account of shipwreck survival. November 20, 1820 2, 000 miles from the coast, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaleship Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of twenty, including first mate Owen Chase, grabbed what little they could before piling into frail boats and taking to the open seas. So began their four-month ordeal and struggle for survival