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A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
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4 1/2 stars, excellent, well researched tale of Nantucket, whaling, the shipwreck that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick, and the struggle to stay alive in tiny boats with little food for months. The parts about killing and butchering the whales and the Galapagos tortoises were a bit hard to take, but no doubt historically accurate
A solid companion to read alongside “Moby Dick.”
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