Mutiny on the Bounty

By Charles Nordhoff, William B. Jones and William B. ,Jr. Jones

Sail the seas in good weather and bad on the H.M.S. Bounty

Flounder in a hurricane as you try to round Cape Horn. Sail to the South Seas the long way, around the Cape of Good Hope and through the Indian Ocean. Enjoy the idyllic island life and decide for yourself if the men on the Bounty should have mutinied against Captain Bligh. Find out what happens when the Captain and his men are put off the Bounty in a small rowboat with little food or water. Do they make it?

 Mutiny on the Bounty details a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the commanding officer, William Bligh. According to most accounts, the sailors were attracted to the idyllic life on the Pacific island of Tahiti and repelled by the harsh treatment from their captain.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Classics Illustrated
• Release date: Jul 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781620280140

Reviews for Mutiny on the Bounty

[schmerguls · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was totally taken by this novelistic account of the Mutiny. One could not help but feel some empathy for the mutineers, but if the women of Tahiti had not been so complicity, would the mutiny ever have happened?

[atimco-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This fascinating look at the true story of the infamous Bounty mutiny is hard to forget. Midshipman Roger Byam (a fictional character based on crew member Peter Heyward) comes along to Tahiti as an interpreter and linguist. Captain William Bligh presents a fair enough face on shore, but quickly devolves into a quarrelsome, stingy, explosive tyrant at sea. Finally, on the voyage home first mate Fletcher Christian leads an unpremeditated mutiny that forever changes the lives of the men aboard. Though not part of the mutiny, Byam is left aboard the Bounty and later stands trial for his life. I was not expecting to have so much sympathy for Christian and the mutineers. Bligh treated his subordinates shamefully and you really can't help but see Christian as the more noble man of the two. But the stigma of mutiny is hard to erase. I was also much struck at the horrifying punishments regularly meted out even for trifling offenses. The first of these we see, the flogging through the fleet of a captured deserter, is simply beyond belief. And yet it happened all the time. I was forcibly reminded of Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea and I'm sure that comparison would only grow stronger with the next book of the trilogy. A compelling read.

[amandacb_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

O’Brien takes students on the journey of The Bounty, a British ship sailing for Tahiti; as problems aboard the ship arose, men struck out on their own, abandoning their caption and their ship. O’Brien tells the tale through figurative language and dialogue, which add elements of immediacy to the narrative. The illustrations accompany each page relate to the narrative and are done with much detail.

[bm8931 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is famous story.Several years ago, one ship have sailed from Tahiti.The captain was Bligh.Because of Bligh was easy to get angry, one day, Bligh wes mutinied...It is surprising that Bligh and some other crew could live in small lifeboat.When it has been decided that they don't come near to a small island, I couldn't guess how to survive. It is surprisind way. This is interesting book.

[rxr0324 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

In 1787,December.Many men going to Tahiti from England by ship.But the ship's captain Bligh is very angry person.So other men don't like him...This is not interesting story.I was bored during read this.

[jbd1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Mutiny on the Bounty is one of those books that somehow managed to seep into my consciousness without ever actually having read it. I'm sure I saw one of the movie versions at some point, which gave me the basic outline of the plot. But that bare-bones version of the story that I thought I knew doesn't hold a candle to the actual novel, which is rich, riveting, and extremely well told. When I picked it up I didn't think it would be one of those books I had a difficult time putting down, but I very nearly read it all in one sitting.