![Chapter 1: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder](/content/images/size/w600/2024/04/61714633.jpg)
Nonfiction
Chapter 1: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story. Perhaps it was of a scorned love, or a secret prison conviction, or a pregnant wife left on shore weeping. Perhaps it was a hunger for fame and fortune, or a dread of death.