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George Pollard Jr. (c. 1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank Essex , served as inspiration for Captain Ahab , the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick .
Jul 7, 2021 · Quipped Pollard: “I no longer had guard or mess duty.”. George and Nan Pollard pose for a picture next to a mural they painted in their daughter’s bedroom at their Kenosha home. After the war, Pollard returned to Wisconsin and resumed his art school education, this time at Layton School of Art.
Aug 28, 2020 · Discover Captain George Pollard House in Nantucket, Massachusetts: The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.
Feb 13, 2011 · These days Pollard is mostly remembered as the prototype for Ahab and for his part in the murder and consumption of his cousin Owen Coffin while he and his companions drifted hopelessly in a whaleboat, but in details like the image of him moving through the darkened streets of Nantucket, it’s possible to glimpse a rather different man.
Jenna Ali is the wife Kieron Pollard. Jenna and Kieron Pollard dated for seven long years before they decided to get married on August 25, 2012. The couple is blessed with two children.
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As for the drawing of lots, Pollard’s 18-year-old cousin, Owen Coffin, was the unlucky loser. When Pollard insisted that he take the young man's place, Coffin refused —and was summarily shot ...
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Mar 1, 2013 · Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked...