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The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex Paperback - 1999
by Owen Chase
The incredible sea adventure that inspired "Moby Dick" is recounted by one ofits few survivors. 2 maps. 8-page photo insert.
Summary
On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of thirty had time only to collect some bread and water before pulling away in three frail open boats. Without charts, alone on the open seas, and thousands of miles from any known land, the sailors began their terrifying journey of survival. Ninety days later, after much suffering and death by starvation, intense heat, and dehydration, only eight men survived to reach land. One of them was Owen Chase, first mate of the ill-fated ship, whose account of the long and perilous journey has become a classic of endurance and human courage. The elements of his tale inspired Herman Melville (who was born the year the Essex sank) to write the classic Moby Dick. A gallant saga of the sea, this riveting narration of life and death, of man against the deep, will enthrall readers.
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- Title The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
- Author Owen Chase
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-08-12
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780156006897 / 0156006898
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.32 x 0.46 in (20.35 x 13.51 x 1.17 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Survival after airplane accidents,, Shipwrecks - Pacific Ocean
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00265061
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.916
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- Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 18
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