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DAVID GRANN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books "The Wager," "The Lost City of Z," and "Killers of the Flower Moon," which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He is also the author of "The White Darkness" and the collection "The Devil ...
Aug 2, 2022 · Posted: Aug 2, 2022 6:43 am. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are reuniting for their seventh movie together as the director and star of The Wager — a naval survival drama set up at Apple ...
About The Wager. 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.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio. The British naval ship the Wager is wrecked on a desolate island off the tip of South America in 1740.
Apr 18, 2023 · 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 ...
Feb 28, 2023 · All of these elements converge in David Grann’s upcoming book, “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.”. It tells the extraordinary saga of the officers and crew of the Wager, a ...
Apr 12, 2023 · “The Wager,” by David Grann, is as much a story of survival under extreme conditions as it is an examination of how history is constructed, what gets distorted or left out.
