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Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex

Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex

by ThomasFarelHefferman (Author)

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    Paperback 1990

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Synopsis

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."

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 30 Sep 1990
ISBN 10: 0819562440
ISBN 13: 9780819562449

Media Reviews
Chase's Narrative 'is a good catch for its own sake.' -- New York Times Book Review
wondrous tale [to catch] the top-gallant delight of insatiable devotees of whaling lore and all true Melvilleans. -- South Atlantic Quarterly
On November 20, 1820, a great whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex, 2,000 miles west of Ecuador. Owen Chase, her first mate, and 29 other men took to the boats; eight eventually survived. Herman Melville's debt to Chase's Narrative (1821) has been known since Moby Dick appeared, but little has been known about Chase and the survival of the crew . . . Heffernan's study belongs on the shelf of every Melville scholar and anyone interested in an exciting tale. -- Choice
The astonishing list of books, logs, manuscripts, court records, ships' registers, and museum records attest to the diligent weeks, months, and even years that have finally resulted in a volume that entrances the reader with yarns of the sea. All the drama is still there, intact. -- Ocean
Author Bio
THOMAS FAREL HEFFERNAN is a Professor of English at Adelphi University New York. He is chairman of the Melville Society's Centennial Committee, charged with planning the observance of the 100th anniversary of Melville's death.