Beyond the Heart of the Sea: The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Historical
| Author: | Owen Chase | ISBN: | 1230003378038 |
| Publisher: | Black Lizard Books | Publication: | August 22, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Owen Chase |
| ISBN: | 1230003378038 |
| Publisher: | Black Lizard Books |
| Publication: | August 22, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Owen Chase was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.
Owen Chase was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.
