The Whaleship Essex: Real-life Moby Dick Sinks a Ship

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2010

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Although Herman Melville's opus is a work of fiction, it was inspired by real-life events. In this episode, Katie and Sarah explore the story of the real-life Moby Dick -- and the unfortunate vessel that encountered it in the Pacific.

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1:27.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
1:34.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Katie Lambert.
1:37.7	And I'm Thera Dowdy.
1:47.7	And Sarah and I are talking books earlier like we do.
1:50.7	And I keep meaning to read 20,000 leagues under the sea because I hear maybe
1:55.7	a normal makes an appearance.
1:58.7	I don't even remember that. It's been so long since I read that book.
2:01.7	I was probably like 10 years old or something.
2:04.7	My aunt Kim gave me a big batch of Jules Verne books and I raised through them.
2:09.7	I remember my favorite one though, it was the Mysterious Island.
2:12.7	That was a very cool book.
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