Did you know MOBY-DICK was inspired by a real whaling accident? And that Sammy Harkham’s POOR SAILOR was inspired by the Maupassant story, “At Sea”?
Some dewey decimals I am haunting:
SEAFARING LIFE 910.4, 910.45
SHIPS 387.2 623.82 387.209 910.45
SHIPWRECKS 910.45 910.4 904.7
I worked so much today that my eyes burned and my hand cramped up. The adventure continues…
You should probably check out The Essex. Now there’s a crazy sailing story. I think we read it in my ‘Cannibals in Literature’ unit in AP Lit…
found it…Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. It was written by the first mate of the boat. Check it out.