Interview Nathaniel Philbrick History Ashore and Afloat
Nathaniel Philbrick is the celebrated author of several nonfiction books about the American experience, notably military and maritime history. A number of his books have been New York Times best sellers, including In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (2000), Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War (2006) and The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (2010). His most recent book, In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (2018), completes his American Revolution trilogy. It was preceded by Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (2013) and Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution (2016).
