THE WAGER: David Grann Tells a Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny
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The Captain's Journey Around Cape Horn
The wager, the ship that gives the title to your book. They run into some trouble around the horn. What happens to them? Around the horn is these ships which are their homes or with this squadron. The ships are kind of breaking apart. At one point, the wager loses one of its mass. So, it's just plunging and pitching in the sea. And they're firing their guns on all the ships trying to signal a location. Remember, they didn't have communication. There was no walkie-talkies or iPhone.
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