Wreck of the whale ship essex: the complete illustrated edition : the extraordinary and distressing memoir that inspired herman melville's moby-dick /
Owen Chase ; foreword by Gilbert King.
- Minneapolis : Zenith Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
"An illustrated edition of the firsthand account of the whaler Essex's attack and sinking by a sperm whale, the inspiration for Moby-Dick. Includes a new introduction and supplementary extracts from a variety of sources"--