Stove by a Whale
Owen Chase and the Essex
Wesleyan University Press · Print & ebook · September 1, 1990
A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.
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- Who it’s for
- A ship’s first mate recounts a whale’s sinking of the Essex and three months adrift.
- Genres
- Maritime History & Piracy, Maritime History, Aviation & Nautical Lives
- Published
- Wesleyan University Press, September 1, 1990
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A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale. The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick.
The Essex at Sea
A ship’s first mate recounts a whale’s sinking of the Essex and three months adrift.
Come here for
- The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale
- The first mate’s account of survivors adrift in small boats
Expect
- An account of the ship’s sinking
- Three months adrift in small boats
Where it sits
| Maritime History & Piracy | 79% |
|---|---|
| Maritime History | 61% |
| Aviation & Nautical Lives | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. History
- New England History
- Authors
- Thomas Farel Heffernan
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Published
- September 1, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- U.S. History