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Description
The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and... read more
Important People
- George Pollard, Jr - Captain of the Essex: Add a description of this character.
- Owen Chase - First Mate
- Matthew Joy - Second Mate
- Thomas Nickerson - Cabin Boy
- William Bond - Steward
- Banjamin Lawrence - Boatsteerer
- Obed Hendricks - Boatsteerer
- Thomas Chappel - Boatsteerer
- Sailors: Owen Coffin, Isaac Cole, Henry De Witt, Richard Patterson, Charles Ramsdell, Barzillia Ray, Samuel Reed, Isaiah Sheppard, Charles Shorter, Lawson Thomas, Seth Weeks, Joseph West, William Wright
First Sentence
IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time.
Table of Contents
Preface - February 23, 1821
1. Nantucket
2. Knockdown
3. First Blood
4. The Lees of Fire
5. The Attack
6. The Plan
7. At Sea
8. Centering Down
9. The Island
10. The Whisper of Necessity
11. Games of Chance
12. In the Eagle's Shadow
13. Homecoming
14. Consequences
Epilouge - Bones
Authors & Contributors
- Nathaniel Philbrick (Author)
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