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A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.
The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick.
Author: Thomas Farel Heffernan
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 09/01/1990
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.06w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780819562449
ISBN10: 0819562440
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Sailing
The first documented sinking of a ship by a whale and a harrowing account by the ship's first mate of the survivors' three months adrift in small boats. A thrilling narrative that inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Moby Dick.
Author: Thomas Farel Heffernan
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 09/01/1990
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.06w x 0.83d
ISBN13: 9780819562449
ISBN10: 0819562440
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Sailing
About the Author
THOMAS FAREL HEFFERNAN is a Professor of English at Adelphi University New York. He is chairman of the Melville Society's Centennial Committee, charged with planning the observance of the 100th anniversary of Melville's death.
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