Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex
Book Details
Author(s)Thomas Farel Heffernan
PublisherWesleyan
ISBN / ASIN0819562440
ISBN-139780819562449
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank177,818
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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.

