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Nathaniel Philbrick has 18 upcoming events.

May
21
Wheaton Library Adult Book Club
Description:Join us for a discussion of In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick.
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May
20
Nathaniel Philbrick
Tattered Cover Book Store - Colfax Avenue, Monday, May 20 at unknown time
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Northshire Bookstore, Saturday, July 13 at unknown time
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Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Fox Run Mall, Friday, June 7 at unknown time
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May
21
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Town Hall Seattle, Tuesday, May 21 at unknown time
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Nathaniel Philbrick has 3 media appearances.

Jan
25
Nathaniel Philbrick
Booknotes, Sunday, January 25, 2004
Nathaniel Philbrick discusses Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.

—from the publisher's website In 1838, the U.S. government launched the largest discovery voyage the Western world had ever seen-6 sailing vessels and 346 men bound for the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Four years later, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, or Ex. Ex. as it was known, returned with an astounding array of accomplishments and discoveries: 87,000 miles logged, 280 Pacific islands surveyed, 4,000 zoological specimens collected, including 2,000 new species, and the discovery of the continent of Antarctica. And yet at a human level, the project was a disaster-not only had 28 men died and 2 ships been lost, but a series of sensational courts-martial had also ensued that pitted the expedition's controversial leader, Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, against almost every officer under his command. Though comparable in importance and breadth of success to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Ex. Ex. has been largely forgotten. Now, the celebrated Nathaniel Philbrick re-creates this chapter of American maritime history in all its triumph and scandal. Like the award-winning In the Heart of the Sea, Sea of Glory combines meticulous history with spellbinding human drama as it circles the globe from the palm-fringed beaches of the South Pacific to the treacherous waters off Antarctica and to the stunning beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and, finally, to a court-martial aboard a ship of the line anchored off New York City. (timspalding)… (more)
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3
Nathaniel Philbrick
To The Best of Our Knowledge, Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 0am

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