Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex

In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who go down to the sea in ships, the modern reader is given a seat in the whaleboat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow crew and their Captain make way in three boats after the wreckage of the Whaleship Essex.
The account of the attack which wrecked the Essex inspired the infamous book Moby Dick and countless movies. Whaling life was typically hard and grueling enough without suffering an attack by a furious and vengeful sperm whale.