
Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic ""Moby-Dick,"" and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats
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Recounts the story of the 1820 wreck of the whaleship Essex, which inspired Melville's classic ""Moby-Dick,"" and describes its doomed crew's ninety-day attempt to survive whale attacks and the elements on three tiny lifeboats