Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft by Alexander McKee

Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft

Alexander McKee

294 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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In July, 1816, a French frigate ran aground on a sandbar forty miles off the coast of Africa. Forced to abandon ship, 150 men and women embarked on an overloaded makeshift raft. After twelve days of riots, mutiny, murder, and, ultimately, cannibal...

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