Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Born: June 11, 1956 (age 67)
Bio: Nathaniel Philbrick 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.
Known for:
- Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (2013)
- Why Read Moby-Dick? (2011)