
The Bounty
The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Caroline Alexander(Author)
Penguin USA (Publisher)
Published on 25. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-14-200469-2 (ISBN)
Description
More than two centuries after Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man's honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Rough front
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-200469-2 (9780142004692)
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05/2004
Penguin Books
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Person
Caroline Alexander is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Endurance as well as four other books. She has written for The New Yorker, Granta, Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Outside, and National Geographic.
Content
The BountyShip's Company
Author's Note
Prelude Pandora Bounty Voyage Out Tahiti Mutiny Return Portsmouth Court-Martial Defense Sentence Judgment Latitude 25° S, Longitude 130° W Home Is The Sailor
A Note on Sources Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index