Shipwreck of the whaleship Essex : narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing : with supplementary accounts of survivors and Herman Melville's memoranda on Owen Chase
Chase, Owen2015
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In 1820 a sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaling ship Essex. These are the original memoirs of members of the crew and their captain about the incident and the epic three month journey of the survivors to safety that followed.
Main title:
Shipwreck of the whaleship Essex : narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing : with supplementary accounts of survivors and Herman Melville's memoranda on Owen Chase / Owen Chase ; foreword by Tim Cahill ; introduction by Paul Lyons.
Author:
Chase, Owen, authorMelville, Herman, 1819-1891, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2015.
Collation:
xxix, 141 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Film tie-in.Originally published: United States: The Lyons Press, 1999.
ISBN:
9781784871260 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.9164
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1090645