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Book Review: ‘The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder’

Author David Grann is no stranger to writing engrossing and compelling historical narratives. His previous title, “The Lost City of Z,” was made into a 2016 film telling the tale of British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for an Amazonian civilization. “Killers of The Flower Moon” is scheduled for film release in October of this year. Set in the 1920s, it recounts the story of members of the Osage Native American tribe in Oklahoma who are murdered after oil is found on their land.
Now, in Grann’s latest novel, “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,” which was released in April, he takes readers on a rollicking ride on the high seas in 1740. At this time, England was at war with Spain. Control of the seas was paramount for both countries….

Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva Once a Grand Resort for the Rich, Now a Laid-Back Venue for Vacationers

By Mary Ann Anderson
From Tribune News Service
That Einstein. He really got around. It seems just about everywhere I’ve visited, he was there first, among them Prague, Singapore and Williams Bay, a small community only 15 minutes from Lake Geneva. No, not that Lake Geneva on the border of Switzerland and France, but the Lake Geneva of Wisconsin.
Here’s how Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and world traveler, made his way to tiny Williams Bay. When he came to America for the first time, he asked to see only two places. The first was Niagara Falls, understandable on his part for its sheer power and beauty, and the other was Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, often touted as the birthplace of astrophysics….