In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
How is the Essex described in Chapter One of the book, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex?
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The twenty year old Essex is described as old and small for a whale ship at eighty- seven feet long and around two hundred and thirty eight tons. It is one of seventy Nantucket whale ships in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is considered to be a lucky ship.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex