Debbie Roth

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He recorded each of the marines’ last names: Smith, Hobbs, Hertford, and Crosslet. Cheap distributed to them some armaments and a frying pan. “Our hearts melted with compassion for them,” Campbell wrote. As the barge sailed away, the four marines stood on the beach, gave them three cheers, and cried, “God bless the King!”
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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