Shipwreck Of The Whaleship Essex - The true story that inspired the film In the Heart of the Sea

Informationen zum Autor Owen Chase was born in 1797 and worked as a whaler in Nantucket. In November 1820, the whale ship Essex , of which Chase was First Mate, was struck and sunk by a sperm whale. His subsequent account of the three-month-long ordeal that followed was published in 1821 and inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick . Afterwards, Chase continued to work as a whaler, embarking on several further expeditions until 1840. Despite many years at sea he married four times during this period. Chase’s latter years were haunted by memories of the disaster and he was eventually institutionalised. He died in 1869. Klappentext DON'T MISS THE MAJOR FILM INSPIRED BY CHASE'S NARRATIVE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales. Zusammenfassung DON'T MISS THE MAJOR FILM INSPIRED BY CHASE'S NARRATIVE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales.

Product details

• Authors: Owen Chase
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.12.2015
• EAN: 9781784871260
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-126-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Memoirs, maritime history, c 1500 onwards to present day, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Biography: historical, political and military