This true account apparently inspired Hermann Melville to write Moby Dick. I've tried twice, but never got past the second or third chapter of Moby Dick, but this was much more readable. The attack by the whale on the ship, which Melville apparently makes the climax of his novel, is to me actually the least interesting part of the story. How the crew survived is what I wanted to read about. The first mate, Owen Chase, wrote this account only a couple of years after the disaster happened and it's in archaic yet clear language. It takes you into another world completely.
Day 252; Book 240
'I don't think she has the ability to properly take care of the babies':
After a year of careless co-parenting, a roommate plans to claim the cat
for college, leaving the true pawrent caught in a furry dilemma
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This whole situation is more tangled than a ball of yarn during zoomies.
What started as a mutual decision to adopt Cat A turned into one person
doing al...
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