The Mutiny on the Bounty (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Mutiny on the Bounty Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• Life sailing with the Royal Navy in the 1780’s was particularly miserable: sailors slept in crowded hammocks, ate moldy cheese and maggoty bread, and were subject to very harsh discipline.  So when the HMS Bounty arrived in Tahiti after 11 months at sea, the crew of the Bounty thought it was heaven on earth. Living on the island paradise made them lazy and careless.   As the return journey began, Captain Bligh’s crew proved reluctant to leave. His temper began to flare, and his second-in-command and old friend Fletcher Christian suffered the worst of Bligh’s outbursts. His honor at stake and a longing to return to the island, Christian led a mutiny, then set Bligh and 18 loyal crew members adrift in a launch.    A daring escape by Christian and the mutineers, paired with Bligh’s amazing story of survival all make up one of history’s most rousing true maritime tales, and Patrick O’Brien’s 85 illustrations reach epic proportions of drama and realism.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Mutiny on the Bounty Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patrick O'Brien: (Primary Author)
• Removed a contributor: Patrick O'Brien: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Mutiny on the Bounty Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patrick O'Brien: (Primary Author)