title: Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
author:  Nathaniel Philbrick 
description: "With this masterful adaptation, Philbrick's work fills a void.&#160; A compelling saga of desperation and survival." -<b><i>School Library Journal</i></b>
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  The South Sea Whaler
  
  
  [Chapter One. The Champion Whaler—The Captain and
  
  
  his Children—Sights at Sea—Frigate-Birds and Flying-Fish—A
  
  
  Bonito—Catching Albatrosses—Mutinous Mutterings—A Timely Warning.
  
  
  [Chapter Two. Precautions—A Mutiny—Mutineers
  
  
  Defeated—Attempt to round Cape Horn—Driven back—A Fearful
  
  
  Gale—Amidst Icebergs—A Magnificent Sight—Man Overboard—Mutineer
  
  
  killed by an Albatross.
  
  [Chapter Three. The “Champion” in the Pacific—First
  
  
  Whales Caught—Cutting in and Trying out—Various Places Visited—A
  
  
  Chase and Battle—A Prize Taken—The Prize parts Company—The Boats in
  
  
  chase of Whales—Walter's Boat Destroyed—The Mate and Walter on the
  
  
  Wrecked Boat—A Fire Seen.
  
  [Chapter Four. Alice left on Board—Mutineers and
  
  
  Prisoners attempt to take the Ship—Gallantry of the Surgeon—Fire
  
  
  breaks Out—Nub saves Alice on a Raft—Watch the Burning Ship—Voyage
  
  
  of Alice and Nub on the Raft—Look out for a Sail—A Terrific
  
  
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