The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex: The History of the Shipwreck That Inspired Moby Dick by Howard Brinkley

The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex: The History of the Shipwreck That Inspired Moby Dick

Howard Brinkley

88 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history literary medium-paced
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In 1820, a sperm whale attacked and sunk the Whaleship Essex. 2000 miles off the coast of South America, the crew knew it would be a true feat to survive and make it to shore--any shore. It's story became legendary; Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote abo...

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