Nathaniel Philbrick
Autor/a de In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Sobre l'autor
Nathaniel Philbrick was born in Boston Massachusetts on June 11, 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Brown University and a master's degree in American literature from Duke University. In 1978, he was Brown University's first Intercollegiate All-American sailor and he won the mostra'n més Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, Rhode Island. After graduate school, he worked for four years at Sailing World magazine. Afterward, he worked as a freelancer for a number of years and wrote/edited several sailing books including Yachting: A Parody. After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. In 2000 he published In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. A motion picture of the book was released in December 2015. His other books include Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition; Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War; The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution; Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, and In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Nathaniel Philbrick
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (2003) 1,700 exemplars
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (2016) 1,135 exemplars
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (The American Revolution Series) (2018) 656 exemplars
Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together (1998) 52 exemplars
George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution; Valiant Ambition 2 exemplars
La véritable histoire de Moby Dick : Le naufrage de l'Essex qui inspira Herman Melville (2003) 1 exemplars
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage Of Discovery 1 exemplars
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims New World 1 exemplars
في قلب البحر: مأساة الحواتة إسكس 1 exemplars
Miscarriage of justice 1 exemplars
Sea Stories Collection: "In the Heart of the Sea", "The Perfect Storm", "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" (2001) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
George Washington and the Victory of Yorktown 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Island Practice: Cobblestone Rash, Underground Tom, and Other Adventures of a Nantucket Doctor (2012) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 76 exemplars
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival (Adrenaline) (2001) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2004 (2004) — Author "Young Ambition: Charles Wilkes' Antarctic Adventure" — 5 exemplars
Hebbes 1 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Data de naixement
- 1956-06-11
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA - Educació
- Brown University (BA|1978 ∙ English)
Duke University (MA|1980 ∙ American Literature)
Linden Elementary School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Professions
- maritime historian
journalist - Relacions
- Philbrick, Thomas (father)
Philbrick, Charles (uncle) - Organitzacions
- Egan Institute of Maritime Studies
Nantucket Historical Association
Sailing World
Boston Athenæum - Premis i honors
- Nathaniel Bowditch Maritime Scholar of the Year (2002)
Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize (2003)
National Book Award (2000)
Albion-Monroe Award (2005)
America and the Sea Award (2015)
Byrne Waterman Award (mostra-les totes 15)
Samuel Eliot Morison Award
Harris Collection Literary Award (2017)
George Washington Book Prize (2017)
James P. Hanlon Book Award (2017)
Harry M. Ward Book Prize (2017)
Commodore John Barry Award (2018)
New England Book Award (2013)
New England Society Book Award (2014)
Distinguished Book Award of the Society of Colonial Wars (2014) - Agent
- Peter Jacobs (Creative Artists Agency, Inc., Lecture appearances)
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc. (Rights information)
Shana Cohen
Kathryne Wick
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Revolutions (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Days of yarrr (1)
Unread books (1)
Carole's List (3)
Page Turners (1)
Premis
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy (Must-Read (Longlist) – No ficció – 2022)
Ben's Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill (Must-Read (Longlist) – Picture Book / Early Reader – 2018)
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (Must-Read (Longlist) – No ficció – 2017)
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 31
- També de
- 7
- Membres
- 19,883
- Popularitat
- #1,089
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 499
- ISBN
- 269
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 35