The spring 2013 One Book One Community selection is In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. This page provides resources for more information about the history of Nantucket, and whaling
Search these databases to find out more about this period in Massachusetts history. A BSU login is required. Please ask a reference librarian if you need assistance.
These links provide additional background information to the history of whaling, and the whaleship Essex.
Whaling Museums in New Bedford and Nantucket provide visitors with more information on the history of whaling.
The Bridgewater Public Library has a Family Pass to the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Johnny Cake Hill. The pass admits 2 adults and 2 children at half-price. To sign up to borrow the pass, call the library’s circulation desk at 508-697-3331.
The history of Nantucket, being a compendious account of the first settlement of the island by the English, together with the rise and progress of the whale fishery. by 
K-12 lesson plans created by Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan's students based on the whaleship Essex can be found here.
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19th Century Whaling Ship by 
Revenge of the Whale by 
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