Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex
The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick.
GenresChase, OwenEssex (Whaleship)Shipwreck survivalWhalers (Persons)United StatesBiography
273 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 1981 by Wesleyan University Press · ISBN 9780819550521
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Editions
3 editions
English
- Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex · Wesleyan University Press · 1981 · ISBN 9780819550521 This page
- Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex · University Press of New England · 1990 · ISBN 9780819562449
- Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex · Wesleyan University Press · 1981 · ISBN 9780819573773
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