Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex by Owen Chase

Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

Owen Chase

96 pages first pub 1821 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective fast-paced
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In 1819, the American whaler Essex was sailing deep into the great equatorial hunting grounds of the Pacific when it was destroyed by a maddened sperm whale. By all reports, the 85-foot whale deliberately rammed the ship twice and sank it. The inc...

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