Title:
Wreck of the whale ship Essex: the complete illustrated edition : the extraordinary and distressing memoir that inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick / Owen Chase ; introduction by Gilbert King.
Author:
Chase, Owen, author.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Zenith Press, 2015.
Call Number:
G530.E77 C456 2015
Abstract:
"An illustrated edition of the firsthand account of the whaler Essex's attack and sinking by a sperm whale, the inspiration for Moby-Dick. Includes a new introduction and supplementary extracts from a variety of sources"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780760348123
Physical Description:
xxvi, 195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Corporate Subject:
Uniform Title:
Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket
Personal Author:
