The Wreck Of The Whaleship Essex: The History Of The Shipwreck That Inspired Moby Dick

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.

• • Author: Howard Brinkley, Historycaps
• • Publisher: Golgotha Press
• • Publication Date: Apr 17, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 88 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback/History
• • ISBN-10: 1629172014
• • ISBN-13: 9781629172019