The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a narrative account / by Owen Chase ; edited by Iola Haverstick and Betty Shepard ; introduction by Gary Kinder.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Chase, Owen.

Contributor:

• Haverstick, Iola, editor.
• Shepard, Betty, editor.
• Kinder, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Essex (Whaleship).
• Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean--History--19th century.
• Whaling ships--Massachusetts--Nantucket--History--19th century.
• Survival.
• Shipwreck survival.
• Survival at sea.
• Airplane crash survival.
• Whaling ships.
• History.
• Shipwrecks.
• Massachusetts--Nantucket.
• Pacific Ocean.

Genre:

• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

106 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1999.

Summary:

The incredible sea adventure that inspired "Moby Dick" is recounted by one ofits few survivors. 2 maps. 8-page photo insert.

Notes:

"A Harvest book."

ISBN:

0156006898

OCLC:

42076065