In this episode, Odd Salon Fellow Kelly Jensen takes us on an ill-fated sea voyage that would go on to inspire one of literature’s greatest works.
In 1820, two thousand miles into the Pacific Ocean, the whaleship Essex was attacked and sunk by an angry whale. Twenty survivors packed into three tiny boats and headed for land. Their horrifying, ill-starred journey would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby Dick (though he left out the cannibalism).
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11/08/22 • 24 min
The Odd Salon Podcast - From Shipwreck to Masterpiece
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It's 8:00 am on a sunny morning, you're a thousand miles from land, and you and your crew are sitting in a leaky little whaling boat, watching your ship sink from the two huge holes that have just been punched in it. The captain of the ship rows up in his little whale boat and says, "My God, what is the matter?!" and the first mate replies, "We have been stove by a whale." It is not going to be a good Monday.
Hi, I’m Kelly Jensen, and in this episode I’ll be talking about angry whale
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