Eating Owen: The Imagined True Story of Four Coffins from Nantucket: Abigail, Nancy, Zimri, and Owen

by Anne E. Beidler

Eating Owen is a tale of mystery. What really happened to Owen Coffin, the cabin boy on the Nantucket whaling ship Essex? In the autumn of 1819, the unthinkable happened. Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean a whale rammed into the Essex, sinking it within minutes (the event that helped inspire Melville's Moby-Dick). The crew had no refuge except to jump into the three small and very flimsy wooden boats they carried on board to help them chase the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603810226
• ISBN13: 9781603810227
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Coffeetown Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"