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Title
Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex: The true story that inspired...
ISBN
0712667415
EAN
9780712667418
Binding
Paperback
Height
13.97
Length
208.03
Width
139.95
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Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex: The true story that inspired...
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Owen Chase
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Book Title
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex: the True Story That Inspired the Film in the Heart of the Sea
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
210mm
Author
Owen Chase
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Topic
History
Item Width
139mm
Item Weight
201g
Number of Pages
176 Pages

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Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex is the gripping story of a ship's encounter with a great white whale and the crew's harrowing plight for survival on the open seas. On 20 November 1820 the Essex was rammed by a sperm whale and sank in mid-Pacific. This book contains first mate's Owen Chase's original 1821 narrative, as well as two others written by the captain and a shipmate of the Essex. Each tells of the whale's attack, the sinking of the ship, and the three dreadful months that followed as the remainder of the crew were left stranded in a few small open boats in the South Seas. Of the twenty men that escaped the ship, eight survived; and they did so only by resorting to cannibalism.Capturing all the elements of an ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is a thrilling tale of survival - as well as a frightful example of man's darkest impulses - which allows the reader a gruesome glimpse behind the theatrical veil of honour and bravery that history often ascribes to such men of the sea. 'The reading of this wondrous story had a surprising effect upon me,' wrote Herman Melville on reading Owen Chase's narrative. An age-old gem of maritime lore, this story has made its mark

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Vintage Publishing
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9780712667418
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Book Title
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex: the True Story That Inspired the Film in the Heart of the Sea
Author
Owen Chase
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
176 Pages

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Item Height
210mm
Item Width
139mm
Item Weight
201g

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Owen Chase
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United Kingdom

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