{"product_id":"the-loss-of-the-ship-essex-sunk-by-a-whale-first-person-accounts-9780140437966","title":"The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003eand informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1820, the Nantucket whaleship \u003ci\u003eEssex\u003c\/i\u003e was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the South Pacific. The \u003ci\u003eEssex \u003c\/i\u003esank, leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days. Through drastic measures, eight men survived to reveal this astonishing tale. \u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of the Wreck of the Whaleship Essex\u003c\/i\u003e, by Owen Chase, has long been the essential account of the \u003ci\u003eEssex\u003c\/i\u003e's doomed voyage. But in 1980, a new account of the disaster was discovered, penned late in life by Thomas Nickerson, who had been the fifteen-year-old cabin boy of the ship. This discovery has vastly expanded and clarified the history of an event as grandiose in its time as the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition presents Nickerson's never-before-published chronicle alongside Chase's version. Also included are the most important other contemporary accounts of the incident, Melville's notes in his copy of the Chase narrative, and journal entries by Emerson and Thoreau. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140437966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2000 pg. 1726\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nickerson, Owen Chase","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040159826101,"sku":"9780140437966","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d066c019-127e-4532-a636-d0f244e40bfb.jpg?v=1689085922","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-loss-of-the-ship-essex-sunk-by-a-whale-first-person-accounts-9780140437966","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}