The crew of the Spanish Magellan were shipwrecked on an inhospitable island. They decided to mutiny, but spent a lot of time drafting legal documents explaining why they should go with Bocli and not their captain. "It's like trying to take your 1987 Toyota to like an F1 race," says author Simon & Schuster.
David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the acclaimed author of "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon." In his new book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder," he tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that crashed on a godforsaken island off the coast of Patagonia. Stranded and starving, the men descended into murderous anarchy. Years later, when a handful of the survivors returned to England, their heroes' welcome was quickly swamped by questions about what really happened on the island.
Host: Caleb Bissinger
Guest: David Grann