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31 quotes by Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick (born June 11, 1956) is an American author and a member of the Philbrick literary family. He won the year 2000 National Book Award for his maritime history, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.

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If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.

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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British.... →

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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned... →

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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

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For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book.

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I'll watch anything, from action to art films.

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I'm a big Stephen King fan.

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Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

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Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.

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Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.

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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and... →

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