The Wreck of the Whaleship "Essex"
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The Wreck of the Whaleship "Essex" by Owen Chase
The morning of 20 November 1820 was a doomed one for the whaleship Essex. More than a thousand miles from land, in the South Pacific, the ship was sunk, rammed by an enraged sperm whale. Twenty sailors managed to collect some bread and water from the wreck before pulling away in three frail boats, but only eight survived what was to follow: three months of terror, despair and debilitating exhaustion at sea. Owen Chase was one of two survivors who endured the ninety crippling days of starvation in the open sea. When he returned to Nantucket and his journal of the Essex s treacherous voyage was published. But Chase only lived to tell the tale because he had eaten his ship-mates...
Captain Owen Chase, a Yankee seaman, became the first mate of the whaleship Essex on 12 August 1819. A survivor of one of the most dramatic maritime disasters of the nineteenth-century, his account of the ship s long and perilous journey has become a classic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747274049 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747274045 |
| Title | The Wreck of the Whaleship "Essex" |
| Author | Owen Chase |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 1999-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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