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05689cam a2200649 i 4500 001 58065A3EF0F511EE91F181B6353FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20240402083142 008 220804t20232023nyuabf e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022028630 020 $a 0385534264 020 $a 9780385534260 035 $a (OCoLC)1337522872 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d ORX $d OCO $d OJ4 $d JVK $d RNL $d IUK $d UAP $d ILC $d IMT $d VP@ $d OQX $d NMS $d TXSCH $d QJK $d JTH $d IZ8 $d IEP $d PAU $d IGP $d LMR $d OCL $d GYG $d AUM $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d UND $d OCLCQ $d IAK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a s-cl--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a G530.W25 $b G73 2023 082 00 $a 910.9164/1 $2 23/eng20221202 100 1 $a Grann, David, $e author. $4 aut 245 14 $a The Wager : $b a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder / $c David Grann. 246 30 $a Tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Doubleday, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Maps on lining pages. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-313) and index. 505 00 $g Epilogue. $t The version that won -- $t A gentleman volunteer ; $t The gunner -- $t Part 2: Into the storm. Dead reckoning ; $t The storm within the storm ; $t Alone ; $t The gulf of pain -- $t Part 3: Castaways. Wreckage ; $t The beast ; $t Our new town ; $t Nomads of the sea ; $t The Lord of Mount Misery ; $t Extremities ; $t Affections of the people ; $t The ark ; $t My mutineers -- $t Part 4: Deliverance. Byron's choice ; $t Port of God's Mercy ; $t The haunting ; $t The day of our deliverance -- $t Part 5: Judgment. A literary rebellion ; $t The prize ; $t Grub Street hacks ; $t The docket ; $t The court-martial ; $t The version that won -- $g Epilogue. 520 $a "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"-- $c Provided by publisher 610 20 $a Wager (Ship) 650 0 $a Shipwrecks $z Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 650 0 $a Shipwreck victims $z Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 650 0 $a Shipwreck victims $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Mutiny $z Great Britain. 650 6 $a Naufrages $z Patagonie (Argentine et Chili) 650 6 $a Victimes de naufrage $z Patagonie (Argentine et Chili) 650 6 $a Victimes de naufrage $z Grande-Bretagne. 650 6 $a Mutineries $z Grande-Bretagne. 650 7 $a TRUE CRIME $x Mass Murder. $x Mass Murder. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z Great Britain $z Great Britain $x Georgian Era (1714-1837) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x Maritime History & Piracy. $2 bisacsh 610 27 $a Wager (Ship) $2 fast 650 7 $a Mutiny $2 fast 650 7 $a Shipwreck victims $2 fast 650 7 $a Shipwrecks $2 fast 651 7 $a Great Britain $2 fast 651 7 $a South America $z Patagonia $2 fast 650 7 $a Military offenses. $2 sears 655 7 $a Informational works $2 fast 655 7 $a Informational works. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Endpapers (Binding) $2 rbbin $5 PPA 655 7 $a Documents d'information. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Grann, David. $t Wager. $b First edition. $d New York : Doubleday, 2023 $z 9780385534277 $w (DLC) 2022028631 941 $a 2 $n 1 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20240529125606.0 $n 15 $p 15 LP copies 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20240402085551.0 $n 13 $p 9 regular print, 2 LP, 2 CD audio 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58065A3EF0F511EE91F181B6353FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search