Publisher Desc.  There once was a man from Nantucket! It's no joke. Of course, there were many men from Nantucket, but this man was unlike any other. In fact, you may have heard of him. His name was Captain George Pollard, Jr. Pollard was captain of the "Essex", the Nantucket whaler attacked and sunk by an angry sperm whale. It's true. Pollard captained the ship that inspired one of the greatest books of all time: MOBY-DICK. One of the unluckiest seamen to ever sail the high seas, Pollard faced tragedy a second time aboard another ship, and so begins our woebegotten tale...