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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dowling, David Oakey, 1967– author.

Title: Surviving the Essex : the afterlife of America’s most storied shipwreck / David O. Dowling.

Description: Hanover, NH : ForeEdge, An imprint of University Press of New England, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015034637 (print) | LCCN 2015047432 (ebook) | ISBN 9781611689419 (cloth) | ISBN 9781611689075 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781611689426 (ebook) | ISBN 9781611689426 (epub, pdf & mobi)

Subjects: LCSH: Essex (Whaleship) | Shipwrecks—Pacific Ocean. | Shipwreck survival—Pacific Ocean.

Classification: LCC G530. E77 D68 2016 (print) | LCC G530. E77 (ebook) | DCC 910.9164/9—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015034637