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Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
By Cohen, Adam
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Starred Review on October 1, 2025 | Social Sciences
In September 1884, a German ship rescued the three survivors of the wrecked yacht Mignonette. One was the experienced captain, Thomas Dudley, who had been hired to sail the yacht from Great Britain to Australia. Dudley and fellow survivors Edwin Stephens and Edward Brooks relayed to their rescuers a horrific tale of survival in a tiny wooden lifeboat after the yacht wreck, adrift for weeks in the harsh South Atlant...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
