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Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex
Language: en
Pages: 84
Authors: Owen Chase
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

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Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex is an account by first mate Owen Chase of the Essex, a whale ship from Nan
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Owen Chase
Categories: Shipwrecks
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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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 th
Beneath the Heart of the Sea
Language: en
Pages: 54
Authors: Owen Chase
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-01 - Publisher: Hesperus Press

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Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the feature film Heart of the Sea A tragic yet riveting narration of
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Owen Chase
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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The original account of the whaleship attacked by a whale off the Pacific coast of South America which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick.
Surviving the Essex
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: David O. Dowling
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: University Press of New England

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Surviving the "Essex" tells the captivating story of a ship's crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forced - out of necessity - to ma