The In the Heart of the Sea is a true story.
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the true story of the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820.
The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick is a true and gripping account of the true events that inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
It tells the harrowing story of the whaleship Essex and its crew, who are stranded at sea for 90 days after a massive sperm whale attacks their ship.
The sinking of the Essex, a whaling ship out of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was also the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
On November 20, 1820, the American whaling ship Essex was rammed by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and sunk.
The incident is what inspired Herman Melville's famous novel Moby Dick.