The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

by Owen Chase

The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts one of the greatest real-life sea adventures of all time. This faithful Warbler Classics edition reproduces First Mate Owen Chase's riveting original 1821 account of the sinking of the Essex by an enormous whale and the fates that befell her twenty-man crew. Those who survived endured months of stormy seas in small boats, insufferable heat, hopelessness, hunger, and thirst. The gruesome, harrowing tale-full...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1957240717
• ISBN13: 9781957240718
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Warbler Classics
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"