The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
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Author | : Owen Chase |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0747274045 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780747274049 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex by : Owen Chase
Book excerpt: The morning of 20 November 1820 was a doomed one for the Essex. Over 1000 miles from land, she was sunk, rammed by a sperm whale. Only eight sailors survived the following three months of despair and debilitating exhaustion at sea - Owen Chase was one of these, and this is his journal of shipwreck, camaraderie and cannibalism.