Narratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex
Owen ChaseNarratives of the Wreck of the Whale-Ship Essex
January 1, 1989100 pages
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Three eyewitness accounts of a lethal attack by a sperm whale against a whaling ship in the Pacific in 1819, the incident that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick — as well as the 2015 movie In the Heart of the Sea. Illustrated with 12 wood engravings.
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