Thread: Need some history book recommendations
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Old 08-15-2009, 12:20 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by BenG View Post
You might like In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's the true story that inspired Moby Dick.
Or perhaps The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin.
If you read my original post you'll see that I just finished "In the Heart of the Sea," which I did like

I'll check out the other though.
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