Mutiny on the BountyCherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of readers around the world in the seven decades since its initial publication. The novel reprises a true story-the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh-and reaches peaks of narrative excitement that mark the book indelibly as a modern classic. |
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... PITCAIRN'S ISLAND , 1934 THE HURRICANE , 1936 THE DARK RIVER , 1938 NO MORE GAS , 1940 BOTANY BAY , 1941 MEN WITHOUT COUNTRY , 1942 THE HIGH BARBAREE , 1945 by CHARLES NORDHOFF and JAMES NORMAN HALL FIC NORDHOFF BACK.
... PITCAIRN'S ISLAND , 1934 THE HURRICANE , 1936 THE DARK RIVER , 1938 NO MORE GAS , 1940 BOTANY BAY , 1941 MEN WITHOUT COUNTRY , 1942 THE HIGH BARBAREE , 1945 by CHARLES NORDHOFF and JAMES NORMAN HALL FIC NORDHOFF BACK.
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anchor arms ashore asked beach berth boat boatswain Bounty Bounty's breadfruit Burkitt Byam cabin called canoe Captain Bligh Captain Cook Christian Churchill coconut Cole Coleman Court court-martial cutter Damn deck Edwards Ellison Endeavour Straits England eyes Fletcher Christian Fryer gangway glance Hallet hand Hayward heard Hillbrandt Hitihiti Hitihiti's Indians island knew ladderway land launch Lieutenant looked Lord Hood Maimiti master-at-arms Matavai mate matter Matthew Quintal midshipman Millward morning Morrison musket Muspratt mutiny Namuka Nelson never night Old Bacchus ordered Pandora Parkin passed Peckover prisoners Purcell quarter-deck reef replied Robert Tinkler sail seamen seemed ship ship's shouted side Sir Joseph Sir Joseph Banks smiled South Sea stern Stewart stood surgeon Tahiti Tahitian Tahitian language taio Tehani Tetiaroa thought Tinkler told took trees Tuahu turned Vehiatua vessel voice voyage watch William Bligh wind word young