Blue-0307 The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1603400389
ISBN 13
9781603400381
Category
Fiction-Novel
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
240
Subject
Fiction Novel Children
Series Name
Description
Works of fiction, among them the Charles Laughton film Mutiny on the Bounty, paint William Bligh, commander of the HMAV Bounty,as an ogre. Most paint Fletcher Christian, leader of the 1789 mutiny, as an honorable junior officer whose rebellion was justified. What's the real story? In a personal but objective narrative based on the Bounty's log, Bligh himself tells of the stormy voyage to Tahiti, his crew's insatiable attachment to the island paradise, and the incredible 3,600-mile journey to safety after the mutineers cast him-and eighteen loyal crew members-adrift in a small, open boat with few supplies. Bligh's detractors say that this narrative has many distortions and omissions; others judge it to be a remarkably dispassionate record. You decide. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
