TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grann,David
TI  - The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder 
SN  - 9780385534260
U1  - 910.91 
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York: 
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - Shipwreck victims
KW  - Mutiny
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
KW  - Wager (Ship)
N1  - Maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-313) and index; Prologue -- 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
N2  - This 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
ER  -