Author David Grann on Capturing the Nature of Man, the Stories We Tell, and the Sea in New Book, 'The Wager'

To write his latest book, David Grann traveled to the remote Pacific island where 18th century sailors turned to mutiny and murder. "A voyage always reveals the soul," he tells Esquire.

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