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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
October 29,
2015
Teresa Izzo<br>
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<div align="center"><b>The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
presents<br>
<i>An Evening with American Author and Historian<br>
Nathaniel Philbrick<br>
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</b>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, MA
is very proud to announce a Cape Cod exclusive speaking engagement and
book signing with award-winning author, historian and Nantucketer,
Nathaniel Philbrick on<b> Wednesday evening December 2, 2015 at 7pm.
Wine, hors d’oeuvres and Museum exhibits 6pm.<br>
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</b>Mr. Philbrick will be speaking about the upcoming major motion
picture based on his New York Times bestselling novel and recipient of
the American National Book Award in 2000, <i>In the Heart of the Sea: The
Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. </i>The film is directed by Academy
Award-Winner Ron Howard and distributed by Warner Bros. and Columbia
Pictures. The scheduled release date is December 11, 2015 just 9 days
after Mr. Philbrick’s appearance at CCMNH.<br>
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In his acclaimed novel, Philbrick takes the reader inside the true, eerie
tale of the ill-fated whaleship <i>Essex</i> an “event as mythic in the
nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth.”
In 1819, the <i>Essex </i>left Nantucket for the South Pacific with
twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship
was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more
than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger,
disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for
survival. This journey was the inspiration for Herman Melville’s classic
novel <i>Moby Dick,</i> now considered America’s greatest literary
achievement.<br>
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“<i>In the Heart of the Sea</i> is a monumental work of history
steeped in the lore of the whaling tradition and the life of the
Nantucket community forever placing the <i>Essex </i>tragedy in the
American historical canon”. It will soon make cinematic history as an
exciting, compelling and suspenseful story of survival on the high seas.
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Nathaniel Philbrick’s other literary works include<i> Mayflower, Away Off
Shore, Sea of Glory, The Last Stand, Why Read Moby Dick, Bunker Hill</i>,
and his latest novel, the 2<sup>nd</sup> in the American Revolution
trilogy,<i> Valiant Ambition </i>due to be released in May of 2016.<br>
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<b>The presentation will be $50 per person</b> and includes wine, hors
d’oeuvres and Museum exhibits at 6pm, Nathaniel Philbrick at 7pm followed
by Q&A and book signing. <br>
<b>Reservations are required</b> <b>ONLINE</b> at
<a href="http://www.ccmnh.org">www.ccmnh.org</a> <br>
For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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