Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History - Hardcover
by Adam Cohen
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Authors EquityISBN-13:9798893310597UPC:9798893310597Book Category:True Crime, Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Legal History, ModernBook Topic:Mass MurderWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC5K4QWHM0
Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of 2025 Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. "A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can you sacrifice one innocent life to save many?" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi) On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from England on what...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Authors EquityISBN-13:9798893310597UPC:9798893310597Book Category:True Crime, Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Legal History, ModernBook Topic:Mass MurderWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC5K4QWHM0
Adam Cohen, who served as a member of the New York Times editorial board and as a senior writer for Time, is the author of Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is also the author of Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America, and Nothing to Fear: FDR's...
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