Narrative of the Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex

Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex is the story of the real life ship that inspired the fictional story of Moby Dick. This book tells the horror these survivors faced while on the ship and while at sea. The telling is chilling. This whaler, Chase Owen, used his own journals to assure his facts were accur......more

If you and 19 of your closest sea-bros decide to set sail for some epic(ally disturbing) whaling, and subsequently find yourselves having pissed off what was likely the impressively-sized mother of two (or three, ugh) smaller sperm whales that you've already harpooned, and she rams your ship out of......more

'Moby Dick' എന്ന ക്ലാസിക് നോവൽ എഴുതാൻ ഹെർമൻ മേൽവിലിന് പ്രചോദനമായ,ഒരു നാവികന്റെ ഓർമ്മക്കുറിപ്പുകൾ... 'ഒരു കപ്പൽച്ചേതത്തിന്റെ കഥ' എന്ന പേരിൽ Mathrubhoomi books പുറത്തിറക്കിയ പരിഭാഷയാണ് ഞാൻ വായിച്ചത്........more

This is the account of the Wreck of the Essex by the first mate. The language is of the 1820's so for many people, that would be a detriment. Chase was good at showing how the situation affected people differently. Some gave up. Some just put their shoulder into the work and survived. It's hard to s......more

With the caveat that I'm in a reading moment right now which I think of as "Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse," I stole this book from the desk of a fellow teacher (and read it and put it back before he noticed... like a NINJA!). As you'll know if you read my other reviews, I am not a fan of Moby D......more