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The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics)
The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty - Great Illustrated Classics
Author: William Bligh, Deborah Kestel
Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea. Was Bligh a harsh sea captain whose vicious cruelty forced his men to mutiny? Or was Fletcher Christian greedy for power and unjustified in taking ...  more »
ISBN: 116931
Pages: 239
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Publisher: Playmore Inc. Publishers and Waldman Publishing Corp.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Captain William Bligh's account of the fatal voyage of the Bounty, and his subsequent 3,600-mile trip to Timor in an open boat. Bligh was not the tyrant of legend--in fact, he may have been one of the most lenient commanders of a Pacific exploration ship of that period.


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