Bio
Nathaniel Philbrick grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned a BA in English from Brown University and an MA in America Literature from Duke University, where he was a James B. Duke Fellow. He was Brown University’s first Intercollegiate All-American sailor in 1978, the same year he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, Rhode Island. After working as an editor at Sailing World magazine, he wrote and edited several books about sailing, including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yaahting: A Parody. In 2000, Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The book is the basis of the Warner Bros. motion picture Heart of the Sea, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Benjamin Walker, Ben Wishaw, and Tom Holland. The book also inspired a 2001 Dateline special on NBC as well as the 2010 two-hour PBS American Experience film Into the Deep by Ric Burns. Philbrick’s writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. He has appeared on the Today show, The Morning Show, Dateline, PBS’s American Experience, C-SPAN, and NPR. He and his wife live on Nantucket.Nathaniel Philbrick Books
The Rush
Nathaniel PhilbrickTravels with George
Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Hurricane's Eye
Nathaniel PhilbrickSecond Wind
Nathaniel PhilbrickKing Philip's War
Eric B. SchultzValiant Ambition
Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea (Young Readers Edition)
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe First Thanksgiving
Nathaniel PhilbrickBunker Hill
Nathaniel PhilbrickWhy Read Moby-Dick?
Nathaniel PhilbrickAway Off Shore
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Last Stand
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Mayflower Papers
VariousMayflower
Nathaniel PhilbrickSea of Glory
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Private Journal of William Reynolds
William ReynoldsIn the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale
Thomas Nickerson