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The Wager Quotes Showing 1-30 of 199. “Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”. ― David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder. 53 likes. Like.
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - Goodreads
David Grann gave us a remarkable book — a story of this...
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - Goodreads
David Grann gave us a remarkable book — a story of this 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety and later faced charges of mutiny.
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The Wager by David Grann tells the story of doomed 18th-century British naval warship the Wager, exploring the relationship between personal stories and history.
- “History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset.”
- “There was one question that the judge and the prosecutors and the defense never asked the jurors but that was central to the proceedings: Would a jury of twelve white men ever punish another white man for killing an American Indian?
- “An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?” ― David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
- “What is gone is treasured because it was what we once were. We gather our past and present into the depths of our being and face tomorrow. We are still Osage.
David Grann’s captivating tale of an 18th-century shipwreck placed me squarely on the deck of the ship, the Wager, as it lunged and hurled through battering waves off the coast of Patagonia, then ran aground.
The best book quotes from The Wager by David Grann. “A “scuttlebutt” was a water cask around which the seamen gossiped while waiting for their rations. A ship was “three sheets to the wind” when the lines to the sails broke and the vessel pitched drunkenly out of control.
Apr 14, 2023 · It’s the kind of inspiring chronicle that would make for a rousing maritime adventure. But this is a David Grann book, and so he gives us something more.
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