About the Author

OWEN CHASE was the first mate of the Essex. He came from a family of Nantucket mariners. GEORGE POLLARD JR. was captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. He was a Nantucket native and the son of a ship's captain. THOMAS CHAPPEL was a boatsteerer from Plymouth, England. He became a missionary preacher and died of plague fever on Timor island.

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"A compelling saga of desperation and survival." -Library Journal