[DOC] [TLE] Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia [PAR] Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, launched in 
1799. While under the command of Captain George Pollard, Jr., in 1820 a sperm 
whale attacked and sank her. The sinking stranded the twenty-man crew in the 
southern Pacific Ocean with ... Owen Chase was 23, and the youngest member of 
the crew was the cabin... [DOC] [TLE] Owen Chase - Wikipedia [PAR] Owen Chase (October 7, 1797  March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whaler 
Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 28 October 1820. Chase 
wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing 
Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. .... The source material for Moby Dick found 
itself an inspiration for movie... [DOC] [TLE] Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck [PAR] Buy Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the ... 1821 
Owen Chase wrote this vivid account of his experiences, which in turn inspired .... 
Owen Chase's narrative of the whale ship Essex was a time period piece that... [DOC] [TLE] Resurrecting The Tale That Inspired and Sank Melville - The New ... [PAR] Aug 1, 2000 ... Nathaniel Philbrick says the sinking of the whaler Essex by a whale and the 
ordeal of its crew of ... Melville read Owen Chase's ''Narrative of the Most 
Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. ... attributed it 
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... The novel is partly based on reality: ... Owen Chase, first mate of the Essex 
wrote about the shipwreck due to a whale attack in Narrative of the Most 
Extraordinary and Distres- .... His book is said to have inspired Melville to write 
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After the ship sank, the 20-man crew faced down a horrifying situation ... Boats, 
and Owen Chase's 1821 book, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary... [DOC] [TLE] Wreck of the Whaleship Essex [PAR] Jan 15, 2011 ... In July 1819, the Essex was one of over 70 Nantucket whale ships in the .... 
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one boat and Owen Chase in the other. ..... That young man was Herman Melville
, and it was Chase's narrative that inspired Melville's greatest work,... [DOC] [TLE] Storyteller dives into Essex disaster; 1820 whaleship incident comes ... [PAR] Apr 4, 2015 ... 1820 whaleship incident comes to life in Bend ... and whose novel Moby- Dick 
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the Essex, wrote his account, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing 
Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, soon after being rescued. [DOC] [TLE] The Whale and the Horror | Vanity Fair [PAR] But the point at which Melville's novel endsthe sinking of the shipwas ... It 
was a Nantucket whaleship, the Dauphin, that was making her way up the 
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Chase. ... The Essex carried a spare whaleboat lashed to the rack over the 
quarterdeck, but... [DOC] [TLE] Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the ... [PAR] Narrative of the most extraordinary and distressing shipwreck of the whale-ship 
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Question: It was partly inspired by Owen Chase's narrative of the shipwreck of the whale-ship Essex
Answer: Moby-Dick