{"product_id":"the-loss-of-the-ship-essex-sunk-by-a-whale-first-person-accounts-paperback","title":"The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Nickerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOwen Chase\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Philbrick \u003c\/b\u003eis a leading authority on the history of Nantucket Island. His \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award. His latest book is \u003ci\u003eSea of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, about the epic U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. His other books include \u003ci\u003eAway off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890\u003c\/i\u003e (which \u003ci\u003eRussell Baker\u003c\/i\u003e called indispensable) and \u003ci\u003eAbram's Eyes: The Native American Legend of Nantucket Island\u003c\/i\u003e (a classic of historical truthtelling, according to \u003ci\u003eStuart Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, director of the Kendall Whaling Museum). He has written an introduction to a new edition of \u003ci\u003eJoseph Hart\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003ci\u003eMiriam Coffin, or The Whale Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e, a Nantucket novel (first published in 1834) that \u003ci\u003eMelville\u003c\/i\u003e relied upon for information about the island when writing \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003ePhilbrick, a champion sailboat racer, has also written extensively about sailing, including \u003ci\u003eThe Passionate Sailor\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eSecond Wind: A Sunfish Sailor's Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. He was editor in chief of the classic \u003ci\u003eYaahting: A Parody\u003c\/i\u003e (1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his role as director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies, Philbrick, who is also a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association, gives frequent talks about Nantucket and sailing. He has appeared on NBC Today Weekend, A\u0026amp;E's Biography series, and National Public Radio and has served as a consultant for the movie Moby Dick, shown on the USA Network. He received a bachelor of Arts from Brown University and a Master of Arts in American Literature from Duke. 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