The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

Author	: Owen Chase
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 1999
ISBN-10	: 0747274045
ISBN-13	: 9780747274049
Rating	: 4/5 (049 Downloads)

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Download or read book The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex written by Owen Chase and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.

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