Shipwrecks: The Sinking of the Titanic and Other Disasters at Sea

Shipwrecks have interested readers for centuries. In this volume, primary sources detail the fate of the Titanic, the Luisitania, the Essex, the Andrea Doria, and the Brother Jonathan. Editor Phyllis Raybin Emert parallels Melville's text from Moby Dick with actual accounts from the survivors of the whaling ship Essex.