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The loss of the ship Essex, sunk by a whale

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"In 1820 the Nantucket whaleship Essex, thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific, was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The Essex sank, leaving twenty crew members at sea in three small open boats for ninety days. The Titanic story of its day, the incident also provided the inspiration for Melville's Moby-Dick.".

"The Narrative of the Wreck of the Whaleship Essex, by Owen Chase, has long been the essential account of the Essex's doomed voyage. But in 1980 a new account of the disaster was discovered, penned late in life by Thomas Nickerson, who had been the fifteen-year-old cabin boy of the ship.".

"This edition presents Nickerson's never-before-published unabridged chronicle alongside Chase's version. Also included are the most important other contemporary accounts of the incident, Melville's notes from his copy of the Chase narrative, and newly discovered primary documents about the Essex."--BOOK JACKET.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
231

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Series
Penguin classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
910/.9164
Library of Congress
G530.E77 L67 2000, G530.E77L67 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 231 p. ;
Number of pages
231

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6777975M
Internet Archive
lossofshipessexs0000unse
ISBN 10
0140437967
LCCN
00020147
OCLC/WorldCat
43328874
Library Thing
228581
Goodreads
163507

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