Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex

Thomas Farel Heffernan

Wesleyan University Press, 1981 - Biography & Autobiography - 273 pages

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.

About the author

Thomas Heffernan lives in Garden City, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Stove by a Whale: Owen Chase and the Essex; Geografia (E-libro)
• Author: Thomas Farel Heffernan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 1981
• ISBN: 0819550523, 9780819550521
• Length: 273 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Survival; History / United States / General; Sports & Recreation / Fishing; Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Sailing; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Travel / Essays & Travelogues