02047cam a2200361 i 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340200018000750400008000930430030001010820011001311000027001422450072001692460041002412500019002822640035003013000102003363360026004383360033004643370028004973380027005255000027005525040067005795050631006465200232012776500016015096500023015256500027015486500038015756500055016136500017016681337522872OCoLC20230509125628.0230118s2023    nyuabf   b    001 0 eng d  a9780385534260  cAJM  as-ag---as-cl---ae-uk---  a910.911 aGrann, David,eauthor.14aThe Wager :ba tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder /cDavid Grann.3 aTale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder  aFirst edition. 1aNew York: bDoubleday,c[2023]  axii, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color), color maps ;c25 cm   atextbtxt2rdacontent  astill imagebsti2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aMaps on lining papers.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-313) and index.0 aPrologue -- Part one: The wooden world. The first lieutenant ; A gentleman volunteer ; The gunner -- Part two: Into the storm. Dead reckoning ; The storm within the storm ; Alone ; The gulf of pain -- Part three: Castaways. Wreckage ; The beast ; Our new town ; Nomads of the sea ; The Lord of Mount Misery ; Extremities ; Affections of the people ; The ark ; My mutineers -- Part four: Deliverance. Byron's choice ; Port of God's Mercy ; The haunting ; The day of our deliverance -- Part five: Judgment. A literary rebellion ; The prize ; Grub Street hacks ; The docket ; The court-martial ; The version that won -- Epilogue.  aThis tale of shipwreck, survival and savagery...recounts the events on His Majesty’s Ship The Wager, a British vessel that left England in 1740 on a secret mission, resulting in a court martial that revealed a shocking truth. 0aShipwrecks. 0aShipwreck victims. 0aMutinyzGreat Britain. 0aShipwreck victimszGreat Britain. 0aShipwreck victimszPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) 0aWager (Ship)