Thomas Nickerson

Here is a drawing on a post-it note of Thomas Nickerson. He was the 15 y/o cabin boy on the v. famous whaleship/shipwreck/disaster Essex, which I am reading about in a book called "In the Heart of the Sea" (now a major motion picture which looks not v. good in theaters everywhere soon or maybe even right now) which is well-written and is a very wild story. This is drawn from a photograph of him which was taken much later in life (spoiler: he was not one of the ppl who died). He looks like he coulda been Morrissey's Grand-dad. OK, thanks for tuning in.

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