![]() The story of the shipwreck and its aftermath features scenery-chewing characters, unexpected twists and an almost unimaginable amount of human misery. Mutineers abandoned their captain on the island after he fatally shot an unruly crew member in the head. Crew members blamed their imperious captain for their fate and rigid naval order broke down. Stranded on a cold, deserted island, shipwreck survivors scraped seaweed off rocks to boil and eat. Sailors on a secret wartime mission had already dealt with typhus, lice, blinding squalls, frostbite, worm-eaten biscuits, scurvy and the death of comrades since they set sail months earlier. The Wager, a British war ship, crashed onto rocks amid stormy seas off the coast of Patagonia in 1741. ![]() “The Wager: A Take of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,” by David Grann (Doubleday) ![]() Business & Finance Click to expand menu. ![]()
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