Download Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex: Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex (Original News Stories of Whale Attacks & Cannibals) AudioBook Free
In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who decrease to the sea in ships, the present day listener is given a seats in the whale sail boat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow staff and their captain make way in three watercraft following the wreckage of the Whaleship Essex. The accounts of the way the Essex was wrecked motivated the infamous book Moby Dick and many movies, including In the Heart of the Sea. The perils of sea, storms, nefarious intent of evil men, and destiny blended to bring a finish to an extended whaling voyage - typically hard and grueling enough without battling an attack by the furious and vengeful sperm whale. The story, informed in a first-person narrative by Owen Chase, the first mate of the Essex, was first posted in 1821 and offered to encourage Herman Melville to create his fictional book of the attack by the whale. The determination and dedication of the staff, mate, and captain to make use of each and every tool and morsel open to them in salvaging the wrecked Essex to dress their flimsy whaleboats for a voyage of more than 2,500 a long way back again to the South North american coast is remarkable in many ways. Every ounce of energy and civility swiftly evaporated after 8 weeks at sea. The storyplot not informed by Melville might be the best part, although attack by the whale continues to be impressive if one imagines being on the small ship as the leviathan repeatedly bashes in the hull. In addition to the stirring accounts by Owen Chase are elements of the accounts by cabin guy Thomas Nickerson. Nickerson came back to the seas on whaleships following Essex shipwreck, one of simply a few recognized to have been sunk by the whale. After he retired to owning a boardinghouse in Nantucket, Nickerson finally wrote his accounts of the Essex and the plight of the staff. Nickerson put pen to paper only once challenged by the visiting author.
