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549. The First Great American Industry

Freakonomics Radio

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragic Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Fulbrick is a writer and historian on Nantucket Island. The island was the undisputed capital of America's early whaling industry. It killed thousands of whales a year and produced hundreds of millions of dollars in today's dollars. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Fulbrick talks about the Whaleship Essex, inspiration for Moby Dick.

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