#PouredOver: David Grann on The Wager
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Published 2023-04-27
Author of Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann, takes on mutiny and shipwreck in the shocking true story of The Wager. Grann joined us on the show to talk about wading through archival research, his adventure to the sites from the book, seeing his works become films and more live at Barnes & Noble Union Square with Poured Over host, Miwa Messer.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.
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Featured Books (Episode):
The Wager by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O’Brian
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
All Comments (7)
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I just finished it and am sad it's over! I loved Mr Grann's storytelling and coves of extra tidbits of knowledge upon each new part of the journey. My favorite part of the book was that it read like a gripping fictional thriller but with each pause I had to remember it actually happened... haunting! Great work.
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Don't take this the wrong way but I wasn't expecting Grann to be so well spoken and charismatic. This book was amazing and I'm buying multiple copies to send to friends and family.
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I'm about a third of a way through this book right now, and I'm enjoying it immensely!
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As a descendant of a man who died from disease in the War of Jenkin's Ear I was finally glad more would learn about this obscure chapter in British history. I enjoyed the book but was surprised how suddenly it ended. But like he says in the epilogue it is all the untold stories of the ex-slave and native mutineers that loom so large in the end.
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"Building that floating civilization" as we watch the current version fall apart.
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I just discovered him and I can't put his books down
