The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale by Thomas Nickerson, Thomas Philbrick, Owen Chase, Nathaniel Philbrick

The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale

Thomas Nickerson, Thomas Philbrick, Owen Chase, Nathaniel Philbrick

231 pages • first pub 1821 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
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In 1820, the Nantucket whale ship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The ship sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. By taking drastic measures, eight men su...

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