the nantucket historical association hosted this event and provided the video. >>> good evening and welcome to the nantucket whaling museum. the nantucket historical association is very pleased to bring you our socially distanced commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the whaleship "essex" tragedy. my name is michael harrison. i'm the obid massey research chair at the nantucket historical association and we are thrilled to be this evening in conversation with nathaniel philbrick, long-time islander here. nat and his wife arrived on nantucket in 1986, and have lived here ever since. and nat is an historian and has written numerous books about the island. in the year 2000 published in "in the heart of the sea," a book about the "essex" tragedy, which won the national book award in 2000 for nonfiction. since then he's gone on to write quite a number of books, very good book about the u.s. exploring expedition, looking at the mayflower, a whole variety of other interesting topics, branching off from sort of nantucket. this is sort of the sea base for all of the work that nat's done. we are t

peggi godwin of the nantucket historical association discusses the history of whaling and the impact it had on this small island community. the nantucket historical association hosted this talk and provided the video. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the nantucket historical association's webinar on the whale hunt. and i'm very excited about presenting this to you tonight.

peggi godwin of the nantucket historical association discusses the history of whaling and the impact it had on this small island community. the nantucket historical association hostsed this talk and provided the video. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the nantucket historical association's webinar on the whale hunt. and i'm very excited about presenting this to you tonight. we have over 230 people participating, which is absolutely shocking. we're just delighted. so we're going to be talking tonight about what it was like on a whale hunt. this presentation will last about 20 minutes. and after that i'd be more than happy to take any questions that i hope i can answer for you. so i think we're just about ready to begin. so welcome, and i'm delighted. take out your map and look at it. see what a real corner of the world it occupies. those are the words of herman melville in chapter 14 of "mobey-dick." melville was talking about nantucket. our tiny, little island 30 miles at sea, about 15 miles long, but this little island became the whaling capital of the world. a really major acco

the nantucket historical association provided this video. >> knights and squires. as for the residue of the pequod's company, be it said that one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the american whale fishery are americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. no small number of these whaling seamen belong to the azors where the outbound nantucket whalers frequently touch these rocky shores. >> log 238, shipped three brothers. joseph mitchell ii, master and keeper. august the 4th, 1846, florez azors, first employed in getting recruits. we shipped or took six men to go the voyage with us. their fathers and mothers gave their consent for them to go. i mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. >> the light buoy. at sunrise this man went from his hammock so his mast head. a cry was heard, a cry and a rushing. and looking up, they saw a falling phantom in the air. looking down, a little tossed heap of white bubbles in the sea. the buoy was dropped from the stern, but no hand rose to seize it and the sun, having long beat upon thi

the nantucket historical association provided this video. >> knights and squires. as for the redue of the pequod's company be it said in the present day of not one or two but many thousand men employed in the american whale industry are americans born though pretty naerlly all the officers are. no small number offist these whaling sea men belong to the azores where the outward bound nantucket whalers frequently touch to august men their crews from the hearty peasants of these rocky shores. >> log 238, ship three brothers. joseph mitchell ii, master and keeper. august 4th, 1846, floor, azors, first part employed in getting off recruits. we shipped or took six men to go the voyage with us. their fathers and mothers pave their consend for them to go. i mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. >> the life buoy. at sun rise, this man went from his hammock to his mast head at the fore. he had not been long at his perch when a cry was heard. a cry and a rushing. and looking up, they saw a falling phantom in the air. and looking down, a little tossed heap of white b

the nantucket historical association, hosted this event and provided the video. >> good evening, and welcome to the nantucket wailing museum. the entire historical so she shun is pleased to bring you our socially distance, commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the whale ship ethics tragedy. we are thrilled to be this evening, in conversation with nathaniel philbrick, longtime island are here. he and his wife arrived in nantucket, in 1986. and have lived here, ever since. and he is a historian, and has written numerous books about the island. in year 2000, published in the heart of the sea. a book about the essex tragedy, that one the book award in 2004 nonfiction. he has gone on to write a number of books, a very good book about the u.s. exploring expedition. looking at the mayflower. a whole variety of other interesting topics. wrenching off from nantucket, this is a sea bass for all of the history work that he is done. we are thrilled everybody can join us this evening. the story of the essex tragedy is a near and dear story to nantucket, and to our identity as a whaling port. a

the nantucket historical association hosted this program and provided the video. >> it's a tremendous pleasure to be here. "moby dick" is my personal bible. not being an academic, i miss the comradery of being with fellow intellectuals. so this symposium idea is just so much fun for me. it's been great to hear tough acts to follow. but just wonderful. i remember years ago my -- i think the first academic conference i ever attended was near on nantucket when susan beagle and wes tiffany who used to be at the umass field station organized a steinbeck and the environment conference, and i delivered a paper on steinbeck's last novel, "the winter of our discontent." by that time steinbeck -- we associate him with california and "grapes of wrath" settled in sag harbor, an old whaling port in long island. "the winter of discontent" is about that town meeting the challenges of development, a historic town dealing with all that. it just resonated. i got into steinbeck's connection to "moby-dick." steinbeck was on nantucket in 1951 for the centennial celebration of "moby-dick." he wrote to his

the nantucket historical association provided this video. >> knights and squires. for the redue of the pequod's company be it said in the present day of not one or two but many thousand men employed in the american whale industry are americans born though pretty naerlly all the officers are. no small number offist these whaling sea men belong to

the nantucket historical association provided this video. >> nice hands quiet. as for the residue of the company, they had said that at the present day, not one or two employed in the american will fishery, are americans born. so pretty nearly all the officers are. no small number of these willing semen, belong to the azores. where the outward banned nantucket whalers, touch their cruise from the presence of these rocky shorts. >> log to 38 ship three brothers. joseph mitchell the second. master innkeeper. august 4th, 1846. flores, azores. getting off recruits. we shipped or took six men to go on the voyage with us. they are fathers and mothers gave the consent for them to go. i mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. >> the life buoy, at sunrise this man went from his hammock to his masthead. he had not been long at his perch wanna cry was heard. a cry and a rushing. and looking up they saw a falling phantom in the air, looking down a little heap of white bubbles in the blue of the sea. the life buoy, along slender cast, was dropped from the stern. but

the nantucket historical association provided this video. >> nights and squire's. as for the residue of the peace cause company, it said that at the present day, not one into employed of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the american whale fishery are americans foreign. oh pretty nearly all the officers are. no small number of these willing seaman belong to the azores, where the outward bound nantucket whalers touch the cruise from the presence of these hearty rocky shorts chores. -- >> >> log to 30, eight ship three brothers. joe sentimental ii, master innkeeper. i guess the fourth, 1846, flores, azores. first part employed and getting off recruits. we shipped or took six men to go on the voyage with us. their fathers and mothers gave their consent for them to go. i mentioned men, but they were only 16 years old. but >> the life buoy. at sunrise this man leaped from his hammock to as masthead at the four. he had not belong at his perched when a cry was heard. a cry and a rushing, and looking up they saw falling phantom in the air, and looking down

made peggi godwin of the nantucket historical situation discussed at the history of whaling and the impact it had on the small island community. the nantucket historical association hosted this top and provided the video >> good evening everyone. welcome to the intent to historical association webinar on whaling. i'm very excited about presenting this to you today we have over 230 people participating which is absolutely shocking we are just delighted so we are going to be talking tonight about what it was like on whale hunts during the presentation, it will last about 20 minutes after that that more than happy to take questions that i hope i can answer for you so i think we're just about ready to begin. welcome i am delighted to take out your map and look at it seawater real corner of the world occupies those are the words of herman melville in chapter 14 of movie dick. he was talking about nantucket, a tiny island 30 miles at sea, about 15 miles long, but this little island became the whaling capital of the world the major accomplishment of a little place like nantucket so tonight we are going to go on a voyage of the edward kerry. and this is going to be kept

why read moby--- discusses his love of the classic novel and its lasting legacy the nantucket historical association hosted this program and provided the video. it is a tremendous pleasure to be here. you know moby--- is my personal bible and and not being an academic. i miss the camaraderie of being with fellow intellectuals. and so this symposium idea is just so much fun for me and it's just been great to hear tough acts to follow and but but just wonderful, and i remember years ago my one i think the first academic conference i ever attended was here on nantucket when susan beagle and west tiffany who used to be at the umass field station organized a steinbeck and the environment conference and i delivered a paper on steinbeck's last novel the winter of our discontent by that time steinbeck. we all associate him with california and great to breath had settled in sag harbor a whaling port. old whaling port in long island and the winter of discontent is about that town meeting the challenges of development of historic town, you know dealing with all that and it's it just resonated and i got into yo

why read moby--- discusses his love of the classic novel and its lasting legacy the nantucket historical associationhosted this program and provided the video. it is a tremendous pleasure to be here. you know moby--- is my personal bible and and not being an academic. i miss the camaraderie of being with fellow intellectuals. and so t

tonight, the nantucket historical association hosts a talk by nathaniel on his book "in the heart of the sea." in it, he details the 1820 sinking of the essex in the pacific ocean falling a sperm whale attack and recalls the fate of the ship's crew as they spent three months trying, in vain, to reach mainland south america before being rescued. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend. saturday, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on the civil war. a discussion on sheraton's ride. the october 1864 arrival of union general john phillip sheridan at cedar creek battlefield. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america. four films marking women's history month. including the 1987 film, "crossing borders" and "women in the family of man" from 1971. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts. a re-creation of events of the assassination attempt on president ronald reagan by john hinkley jr. and at 8:00 p.m. easter

tonight, the nantucket historical association hosts a talk on the book "in the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whale ship essex." he details the sinking of the essex in the pacific ocean following an sperm whale attack. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend, coming up this weekend, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war. a discussion on sheridan's ride. the october 1864 arrival of union general john phillips sheridan at cedar creek battlefield, ending the confederacy resistance in the shenandoah valley. four films marking women's history month including the 1978 film "crossing borders" and "women in the family of man" from 1971. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, a recreation of events of the assassination attempt on ronald reagan. and tevi troy, the author of "what jefferson read, ike watched, and obama tweeted." exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-sp

the nan ticket historical association hosted the event and provided the video. >>> good evening and welcome to the nantuckethaling museum. the 200th anniversary

peggy godwin of the nantucket historical association discusses the history of whaling and the impact it had on this smul island community. the nantucket