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It all began in 1731 when Robert Jenkins, the captain of the Rebecca, had his ear sliced off by Juan de León Fandiño of the Spanish patrol boat La Isabela. Storming the British brig in the Caribbean, Fandiño accused Jenkins of smuggling sugar from Spanish colonies. He would cut King George’s ear off too, Fandiño
In 1740, the 28-gun ship HMS Wager was wrecked off the coast of an uninhabited island in South America. Its crew turned to in-fighting and cannibalism as they tried to survive.
David Grann's "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder" -- the story of the shipwreck and its aftermath -- features scenery-chewing characters, unexpected twists and an almost unimaginable amount of human misery. Grann will discuss his book May 4 at an author event at Yellow Box Theatre in Naperville.
New masterpiece from the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z is as much about literature as adventure
The author of "The Wager" and the New York Times bestseller "Killers of the Flower Moon" will make an appearance at the Westerville Library on May 3.