Westport native and New York Times best-selling author of “Killers of the Flower Moon” David Grann returned to Westport to talk about his latest acclaimed book, “The Wager.”
Recorded June 22, 2023, via Verso Studios at The Westport Library.
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great audiobook too
Never in my life would I have expected the Creed-meets-Meatloaf balladry exhibited in the unofficially official song of The Wager. Incredible.
Read the book in two days, couldn"t stop. Very well written. Thanks
Such a great book & song. Talented family. Thank you for posting. ❤
This book was so damn good. Do not pass this up… but I'm preaching to the choir.
Really enjoyed the book and realized how tough and determined these people were!
This is an amazing book for anyone interested in the sea, 18th century sailing ships, and the behavior of men under unimaginable stress. I do wish The Wesport Library could have done a better job of managing their audio-visual equipment. The repeated failures were distracting.
Great book !
Awesome book and beautiful song at the end. Quite possibly my favorite book to date.
The account of what they went through even before they started was horrific enough. They endured the most extreme challenges imaginable for years yet somehow Anson captured a treasure galleon across the Pacific off the Philippines with the skeletal remains of the crews and brought unimaginable wealth home. That any of the Wager crew survived is hard to believe!
Absolutely superb book. I honestly couldn't recommend it enough.
Where can I find a recording of the song Davids son wrote. Amazingly cool song!
Well articulated story that kept my attention throughout. Very interesting.
I know nothing about sailing, yet David Grann is such a talented writer, there was nothing that I couldn’t understand in The Wager.
heh "seamen"
Don Jooin ?
You can open this book to any page and immediately be swept up in the high drama and emotion of The Wager.
you keep talking about empire … but europe was fighting each other, not much choice
thee lazy chiches he comes out with, your treatment of the kingdom of hawaii to this day is disgraceful
nelson didn't come from aristocracy … he progressed through skill and risk. class played a part but was not the only thing. typical bs using known truths to spread your own 'story'