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Author Chase, Owen, author.

Title Shipwreck of the whaleship Essex : the true narrative that inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick / Owen Chase ; foreword by Kenneth Kamler.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  910.9164 CHASE    Check Shelf
Edition First Skyhorse publishing edition.
Description pages cm
Note Original edition published: New York : W.B. Gilley, 1821.
Original edition has title: Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket.
Contents Owen Chase's narrative -- Captain Pollard's narrative -- Thomas Chapple's narrative -- Note on Melville's Memorandaon Owen Chase.
Subject Essex (Whaleship)
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
Shipwreck survival -- Pacific Ocean.
Essex (Whaleship) (OCoLC)fst00548306
Shipwreck survival. (OCoLC)fst01761960
Shipwrecks. (OCoLC)fst01116638
Pacific Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01243528
Added Title Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket
ISBN 9781510715783 (alk. paper)
1510715789 (alk. paper)
9781510715790 (ebook)
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