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owen chase (1797 - 1869)
Lot 124 Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex of Nantucket
Owen Chase (1797 - 1869) 
The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part One 
Owen Chase
07.10.1797 - 07.03.1869
Owen Chase was an American sailor and writer.
Chase became famous after publishing his detailed account of how a whaling ship, on which he was first mate captain, rammed and sank a sperm whale. The captain and crew spent three months at sea in open boats. Of the twenty crew members, eight survived when they managed to reach land.
This book, published in 1821, inspired the writer Herman Melville to write his famous novel Moby Dick.
CHRISTIE'S
The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part One
Date: 15.06.2023 10:00 UTC -04:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 160
