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the loss of the ship essex sunk by a whale
the gripping first hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired melvilles moby dick and informed nathaniel philbricks monumental history in the heart of the sea . br in 1820 the nantucket whaleship essex was rammed by an angry sperm whale thousands of miles from home in the south pacific . the essex sank leaving twenty crew members drifting in three small open boats for ninety days . through drastic measures eight men survived to reveal this astonishing tale . br the narrative of the wreck of the whaleship essex by owen chase has long been the essential account of the essexs 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 titanic . br this edition presents nickersons never before published chronicle alongside chases version . also included are the most important other contemporary accounts of the incident melvilles notes in his copy of the chase narrative and journal entries by emerson and thoreau .