The inspiration for the Netflix series
As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954
This extraordinary account of lynching in America
It’s a small life with little joy and no likelihood of escape
and people he happened to meet
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Fiction_Gift_Guide The inspiration for the NetflixNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling and superbly crafted (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cooks death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. One of The New York Times Book Reviews 10 Best Books of the Year A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, THE NEW YORKER, THE SMITHSONIAN, AND