Owen Chase presents Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex Author: Owen Chase Narrator: Phil Schempf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whale ship Essex, that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on October 28, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. (Summary from Wikipedia)