[SEMCO] An Evening with Nathaniel Philbrick

[Teresa Izzo]

Please note that seating is very limited!



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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
October 29, 
2015 
Teresa Izzo
   508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
An Evening with American Author and Historian
Nathaniel Philbrick


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 Wednesday 
evening December 2, 2015 at 7pm. Wine, hors d’oeuvres and Museum exhibits 6pm.

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, In the Heart of the 
Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. 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.

In his acclaimed novel, Philbrick takes the 
reader inside the true, eerie tale of the 
ill-fated whaleship Essex an “event as mythic in 
the nineteenth century as the sinking of the 
Titanic was in the twentieth.” In 1819, the Essex 
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 Moby Dick, now 
considered America’s greatest literary achievement.

  “In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work 
of history steeped in the lore of the whaling 
tradition and the life of the Nantucket community 
forever placing the Essex 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.

Nathaniel Philbrick’s other literary works 
include Mayflower, Away Off Shore, Sea of Glory, 
The Last Stand, Why Read Moby Dick, Bunker Hill, 
and his latest novel, the 2nd in the American 
Revolution trilogy, Valiant Ambition due to be released in May of 2016.

The presentation will be $50 per person and 
includes wine, hors d’oeuvres and Museum exhibits 
at 6pm, Nathaniel Philbrick at 7pm followed by Q&A and book signing.
Reservations are required ONLINE at <http://www.ccmnh.org>www.ccmnh.org
For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133
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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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