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The tragedy of the whaleship Essex.
302 pages
Published Jan. 5, 2000 by Penguin Books.
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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale.
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