Tage des Grauens und der Verzweiflung
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Tage des Grauens und der Verzweiflung

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Tage des Grauens und der VerzweiflungDie Mnner vom Walfnger "Essex" trauen ihren Augen nicht und sind derart unglubig, dass sie die Gefahr erst im letzten Moment begreifen. Mitten in der Waljagd sehen sie sich dem Ansturm eines gewaltigen Tieres ausgesetzt. Statt eilends den Harpunen der Walfangboote davonzuschwimmen, wendet es sich mehrmals bewusst dem Hauptschiff zu und rammt frontal dessen Bug. Ein gewaltiges Leck im Schiffsrumpf ist die Folge. Keine Rettung fr das Schiff tausend

Die Männer vom Walfänger "Essex" trauen ihren Augen nicht und sind derart ungläubig, dass sie die Gefahr erst im letzten Moment begreifen. Mitten in der Waljagd sehen sie sich dem Ansturm eines gewaltigen Tieres ausgesetzt. Statt eilends den Harpunen der Walfangboote davonzuschwimmen, wendet es sich mehrmals bewusst dem Hauptschiff zu und rammt frontal dessen Bug. Ein gewaltiges Leck im Schiffsrumpf ist die Folge. Keine Rettung für das Schiff - tausend Meilen vom nächstgelegenen Land entfernt ... Owen Chase, der Erste Steuermann, gehörte zu den wenigen Überlebenden dieser Katastrophe. Sein authentischer Bericht gehört zu den fesselndsten Geschichten der Seefahrtsliteratur. Herman Melville wurde von der Lektüre derart fasziniert, dass sie ihn nicht mehr losließ. Der Wal, der sich der Jagd der Menschen mit einer Wut entgegenstellt, als wolle er alle seine getöteten Artgenossen rächen, hat Melville zu seinem Klassiker "Moby Dick" inspiriert. Die Ereignisse um die "Essex" waren auch die Vorlage für die Filme "Im Herzen der See" (2015) mit Chris Hemsworth und Cillian Murphy und "Der Wal" (2013) mit Martin Sheen.

EAN: 9783949749254
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Auflage: 2. Auflage, 25002
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Autoren: Chase, Owen
Redaktion: Klein, Michael
Übersetzung: Klein, Michael
Auflage/Ausgabe: 2. Auflage
Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 208
Themenüberschrift: HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Keyword: Biedermeier; Erfahrungsbericht; Erstveröffentlichung; Essex; Extremsituation; Herman Melville; Historischer Bericht; Maritime Geschichte; Moby Dick; Schiffbruch; Seefahrt im 19. Jahrhundert; Seefahrtsliteratur; Walfang; Walfangindustrie
Fachschema: Neunzehntes Jahrhundert~Neunzehntes Jahrhundert / Roman, Erzählung
Fachkategorie: Belletristik in Übersetzung~Amerikanische Geschichte~Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch
Länge: 200 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Höhe: 16 mm
Gewicht: 262 gr
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