Byron of the Wager

By Peter Shankland

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002ND1PQU
• ISBN13: 9780698106697
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Equal to the Story of the Bounty and it's passengers mutiny

This is the fabulous story of the Wager, a ship wrecked at Tierra Del Fuego after failing to survive the rough trip around Cape Horn. Barely had the survivors scrambled ashore before trouble began. Fueled by a large number of soldiers on board, the large amount of alcohol (this was the store ship in a large fleet trying to circumnavigate the world), there were troubles and factions galore. This is just a great read. Byron in the title refers to the Poet Byron's grandfather, so obviously they survived!