... particularly impressed with the passages of the book relating to the aftermath of the Essex disaster, as he followed the careers of the survivors, and pointed out that at least one crew member even sailed with Captain Pollard again. He borrowed from the journals of two survivors, the first mate and a cabin boy, whose accounts of the disaster sometimes digress. He also drew interesting parallels with the open boat plight of Capt ... . Bligh, of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. After reading the book, I was so enthralled I read the 50 pages of notes to avoid putting it down. Pick up ... ...

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... Lawrence arrived in Valparaiso, Chile and began to recuperate. With the survivors now rescued and being brought back to a healthy standard, I experienced a sense of joy and relief that they would no longer have to suffer in the perils of the open seas. Although the five men were now rescued, "'their appearance...was truly distressing ... ' " and would take numerous months to recover from " physically. I now felt sympathy, once again, for the men that had to suffer through the painful process of recovery after ... surviving on as little as 1.5 ounces of hardtack at times and had barely ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate