Chronicler of the Flower Moon
A fan of both Herman Melville and long-forgotten archives, Grann landed on the journals of a 16-year-old midshipman who was stranded with his crew members on an island off the coast of Patagonia. It was not the document’s descriptions of typhoons, shipwreck, or mutinies, however captivating, that convinced Grann the story of The Wager was worth res... See more
Chronicler of the Flower Moon
a prime example of why a common book is so helpful! two very different ideas coming together