tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post1651266756307990891..comments2023-07-01T01:52:41.798-07:00Comments on Guys Lit Wire: A moveable feast: In the Heart of the SeaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-14425855125076159352009-07-06T18:15:51.836-07:002009-07-06T18:15:51.836-07:00And the reason they accepted those false rumors wa...And the reason they accepted those false rumors was because no <i>Nantucketer</i> had told them otherwise. Their insular society was very nearly their doom.Alex Bledsoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805521718331603133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-87513629525284368402009-07-06T10:06:06.488-07:002009-07-06T10:06:06.488-07:00I read this book several years ago and was blown a...I read this book several years ago and was blown away. Philbrick does a great job describing not just this one disaster but the whole whaling industry and the culture built around it. <br /><br />The most horrible, ironic, couldn't-make-it-up-if-you-tried fact? The Essex sank not far from Hawaii, but the survivors have heard (false) reports that the Hawaiians are cannibals. Instead, they decide to head in the opposite direction toward South America, over 2000 miles away. And because of that decision, some of them resort to cannibalism themselves.Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398822604628789516noreply@blogger.com