
Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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How to Get Gallows Humor After Experiencing Tragic Events
Herman Melville was inspired to write Moby Dick after reading the memoirs of his first mate, Owen Chase. Pollard's family insisted that he would never make light of such an incredibly traumatic experience. When surviving whalers went, all of them, except one, return to whaling after just a brief convalescence.
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