Revenge of the whale
Subtitle: the true story of the whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: G.P. Putnam
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Essex (Whaleship) -- Juvenile literature; Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean -- Juvenile literature; Whaling -- Juvenile literature; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]) and index