![]() ![]() Now, David Grann chronicles the story of "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder."Īll three books deal with hardships, starvation, madness, factions, despair, death, the return to civilization and then facing the consequences of their actions. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick wrote of a whale attack and cannibalism at sea "In The Heart of the Sea." Julian Sancton's "Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night" is a harrowing account of a ship sailing deep into the icy waters of the South Pole then becoming trapped in the frozen seas. Whatever it may be, tragic tales at sea have been the focal point of more recently published history books. Maybe it's a fascination as old and as American as Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Or maybe some call of the sea that stretches back to when the world was explored by sail. May 13-Historian authors/book publishers seem to have a thing for the miseries of the sea. ![]()
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