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Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex: The Complete Illustrated Edition: The Extraordinary and Distressing Memoir That Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex The Complete Illustrated Edition The Extraordinary and Distressing Memoir That Inspired Herman Melville's MobyDick
Author: Owen Chase
Owen Chase's memoir of the sinking of the Essex by a whale, which inspired Herman Melville's epic Moby-Dick and the film In The Heart of the Sea. — Owen Chase was the first mate on the ill-fated American whaling ship Essex, which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. The crew spent months at sea in leaking ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780760357361
ISBN-10: 0760357366
Publication Date: 6/1/2017
Pages: 224
Edition: Illustrated
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Publisher: Zenith Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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