The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

The History of the Shipwreck That Inspired Moby Dick

Nonfiction, History, Americas, South America, United States
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Author: Howard Brinkley ISBN: 1230000207631
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides Publication: January 6, 2014
Imprint: HistoryCaps Language: English
Author: Howard Brinkley
ISBN: 1230000207631
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Publication: January 6, 2014
Imprint: HistoryCaps
Language: English

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 about it; Edgar Allen Poe incorporated details of it in his only novel; and, most notoriously of them all, it served as the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.
This account retraces the history of one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time.

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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 about it; Edgar Allen Poe incorporated details of it in his only novel; and, most notoriously of them all, it served as the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.
This account retraces the history of one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time.

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