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Wesleyan University Press

Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex

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Title
Title: Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex
Author: Thomas Farel Heffernan
ISBN: 9780819562449
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 1990
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 288
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:

A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.

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.