Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex by Owen Chase

Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex

Owen Chase

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Owen Chase's memoir of the sinking of the Essex by a whale, which inspired Herman Melville's epic Moby-Dick and the film In The Heart of the Sea. Owen Chase was the first mate on the ill-fated American whaling ship Essex, which was attacked and su...

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