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Revenge of the whale : the true story of the whaleship Essex

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  • Running Time: 05:38 hrs
    Narrator: Taylor Mali
    Publisher:
    Blackstone Audio, 2010
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Contributor: Mali, Taylor
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2010
    Summary:

    On November 20, 1820, the whale ship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky boats in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with barely any supplies and little hope. Three months later, two of the boats were rescued 4,500 miles away, off the coast of South America. Of the twenty-one castaways, only eight survived, including young Thomas.

    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon], Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780976193203, 0976193205