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Surviving the Essex: The Afterlife of America's Most Storied Shipwreck (Seafaring America)
David O. Dowling
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| #4672314 in Books | 2016-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x6.25 x.75l,.0 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A revelatory, well-written book|By Henry Porter|Surviving the Essex is a deeply researched and sophisticated book about the layers of myth-making that have grown up around the most well-known shipwreck in the whaling industry. Dowling understands that there is no single story of the Essex: there are multiple, conflicting stories that a good scholar can peel away to reveal much||
“As many readers know, Moby-Dick was inspired by the shipwreck of the whaling ship Essex in 1820. As David O. Dowling discusses in Surviving the Essex, the wreck of the Essex was an early example of prurient tabloid scandal, capturing the imaginatio
Surviving the “Essex” tells the captivating story of a ship’s crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forced—out of necessity—to make meals of their fellow survivors. Exploring the Rashomon-like Essex accounts that complicate and even contradict first mate Owen Chase’s narrative, David O. Dowling examines the vital role of viewpoint in shaping how an event is remembered and delves into the ordeal’s submer...
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