| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Owen Chase -- Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket, by Owen Chase -- Ne Cede Malis -- Next Lowering. Owen Chase after the Essex ; George Pollard, Jr. ; The Other Survivors -- Telling the Story. The Authorship and Publication of Owen Chase's Narrative ; Herman Melville ; Accounts and Borrowings -- Appendices. A : Herman Melville's Annotations and Markings in His Copy of Owen Chase's Narrative ; B : The Story of the Essex Shipwreck Presented in Captain Pollard's Interview with George Bennet ; C : Thomas Chapple's Account of the Loss of the Essex ; D : March 7, 1821, Letter of Commodore Ridgely to the Secretary of the Navy ; E : The "Paddack Letter" on the Rescue of Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell ; F : Report of the Essex Shipwreck and Rescue in the Sydney Gazette, June 9, 1821 ; G : Table of Islands from Bowditch's Navigator ; H : Chase Genealogy |
| Summary |
A documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale. This book contains a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that directly inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-265) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Chase, Owen.
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Chase, Owen fast |
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Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. swd |
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Essex (Whaleship)
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Essex (Whaleship) fast |
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Survival.
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Whalers (Persons) -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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TRAVEL -- Cruises.
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Survival
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Whalers (Persons)
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Chase, Owen.
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Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
80021603 |
| ISBN |
9780819573773 |
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0819573779 |
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