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The Bounty : The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander [Alexander, Caroline] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewSurely this exhaustingly-researched, enthralling and enthusiastically-written tome is the last word on the most famous of all seafaring mutinies, that of shipmate Fletcher Christian and against Lieutenant Bligh on the Bounty. More than 200 years have gone by since the ship left England after dreadful weather kept it harbored for months, on its mission to transport breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. The mutiny in Tahiti left the mutineers scattered about the paradisiacal islands and found Bligh and 18 of his loyal crew members set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. Bligh, who'd served as Capt. James Cook's sailing master, fantastically maneuvered the crew on a 48-day, 3,600-mile journey to safety. Caroline Alexander, author of The Endurance, is never in over her head even when weaving together densely twisting narratives, or explaining the unwritten rules of the Royal Navy, of the complexities of class and hierarchy that impelled much of what happened aboard the Bounty. The book centers far more on the effort to round up the mutineers than the actual mutiny itself. The book is enlivened by the colorful commentary of the crew members themselves, gleaned from lett

Who reads The Bounty : The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty?

Author

Caroline Alexander [Alexander, Caroline]

Publisher

Penguin (Non-Classics); Penguin Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780142004692

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Travel, History

Rating

3.95 / 5 (173 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14