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Nathaniel Philbrick

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 book cover

The Rush

Nathaniel Philbrick
Travels with George book cover

Travels with George

Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Hurricane's Eye book cover

In the Hurricane's Eye

Nathaniel Philbrick
Second Wind book cover

Second Wind

Nathaniel Philbrick
King Philip's War book cover

King Philip's War

Eric B. Schultz
Valiant Ambition book cover

Valiant Ambition

Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea (Young Readers Edition) book cover

In the Heart of the Sea (Young Readers Edition)

Nathaniel Philbrick
The First Thanksgiving book cover

The First Thanksgiving

Nathaniel Philbrick
Bunker Hill book cover

Bunker Hill

Nathaniel Philbrick
Why Read Moby-Dick? book cover

Why Read Moby-Dick?

Nathaniel Philbrick
Away Off Shore book cover

Away Off Shore

Nathaniel Philbrick
The Last Stand book cover

The Last Stand

Nathaniel Philbrick
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World book cover

The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

Nathaniel Philbrick
The Mayflower Papers book cover

The Mayflower Papers

Various
Mayflower book cover

Mayflower

Nathaniel Philbrick
Sea of Glory book cover

Sea of Glory

Nathaniel Philbrick
The Private Journal of William Reynolds book cover

The Private Journal of William Reynolds

William Reynolds
Moby-Dick book cover

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville
In the Heart of the Sea book cover

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick
The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale book cover

The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale

Thomas Nickerson
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