Story of the Whaleship Essex. Putnam Juvenile, 2002. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. New York: Viking, 2006. The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World: The Story of Plymouth Colony for Young Readers. Putnam Juvenile, 2006. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. New York: Viking, 2010. Why Read Moby Dick? New York: Viking, 2010. Bunker Hill: a City, a Siege, a Revolution. New York: Viking, 2013. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution New York: Viking, 2016. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, 2018. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy, New York: Viking, 2021. Adaptations In the Heart of the Sea is the basis of the Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Ben Wishaw, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, and Tom Holland, released in December 2015. The book also inspired a 2001 Dateline special on NBC as well as the 2010 two-hour PBS American Experience film "Into the Deep" by Ric Burns. Bunker Hill has been optioned by Warner Bros. for feature film adaptation with Ben Affleck attached to direct. In 2016, screenwriter Aaron Stockard (The Town, Gone Baby Gone) was signed to the project. See also Frank Philbrick Rodman Philbrick Stephen Philbrick References Sources External links American Merchant Marine Museum Little Bighorn, Large Legend, Roger D. McGrath, The Wall Street Journal, 18 June 2010 New York Times interview, Nathaniel Philbrick: By the Book, May 26 2016. American maritime historians Writers from Pittsburgh Brown University alumni 1956 births Living people Duke University alumni National Book Award winners American male non-fiction writers Taylor Allderdice High School alumni Historians from Pennsylvania Philbrick family