The Loss of the Ship "Essex" Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats

The Loss of the Ship "Essex" Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats is an unedited manuscript by Thomas Nickerson that was posthumously published in 1984 by the Nantucket Historical Society, over one hundred years after Nickerson had died.

Nickerson wrote his account late in his life and it was lost until 1960. It was not until 1980 that is came into the hands of Nantucket whaling expert Edouard Stackpole that its importance was realized.

References

• Philbrick, Nathaniel (2001). In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-100182-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=jcarV199NhkC&printsec=frontcover.