Surviving the Essex: The Afterlife of America's Most Storied Shipwreck SS_Gift_Guide Special features on surfing

Special features on surfing

Loretta is an unhinged nightmare

As Marianne assembles this makeshift family from the ruins of her husband’s resistance movement

Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other

and recognizes Cecilia might just be the lifeline she has waited for all these years

Surviving the Essex: The Afterlife of America's Most Storied Shipwreck SS_Gift_Guide Special features on surfingSurviving the Essex tells the captivating story of a ships crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forcedout of necessityto make meals of their fellow survivors. Exploring the Rashomon like Essex accounts that complicate and even contradict first mate Owen Chases narrative, David O. Dowling examines the vital role of viewpoint in shaping how an event is remembered and delves into the ordeals submerged historythe survivors