Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
Description
Adapted for young people from the New York Times Best-Seller In the Heart of the Sea. In 1819, the Essex, a Nantucket whaleship carrying a crew of 20, began what all thought would be a normal, two-year voyage. Instead, after a year and a half of near-disasters, the ship was rammed by a sperm whale and sank in the Pacific. All hands got off in three whaleboats and were at sea for three unbearable months of short rations and little fresh water, leading to the death by starvation of some and the killing of others to provide food. One boat disappeared and the two remaining eventually became se...
ISBN(s)
0439566576, 9780439566575
