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Surviving the Essex : The Afterlife of America's Most Storied Shipwreck / David O. Dowling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dowling, David Oakey, 1967- author.
- Series:
- America and the Sea
- America and the sea
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwreck survival--Pacific Ocean.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.
- Shipwrecks.
- Essex (Whaleship).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon, New Hampshire : ForeEdge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Do cannibals get second acts?
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 | Who Shot Owen Coffin?; 2 | Damage Control; 3 | Nickerson and Lewis: Selling the Tale; 4 | Lightning Strikes Twice: The Two Brothers; 5 | Night Watchman; 6 | The Real Ahab; Coda | A Whale's Motives; Notes; Index; Illustrations
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611689426
- 1611689422
- OCLC:
- 930875623
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