Many folks have heard of Moby Dick.
They usually don’t know that the
story is truthfully based upon
the plight of the whale-ship
Essex crew who became
stranded at sea for 95
daze and who, due
to their fear of
becoming cannibal salad wound up eating each other.
Thank you, friend.
Barry out.
Essex (whaleship)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_%28whaleship%29
Audiobook: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
http://youtu.be/dExnC4uULrk
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