The mutiny on board HMS Bounty / William Bligh ; adapted by Deborah Kestel ; illustratons by Brendan Lynch.
Material type: TextSeries: Great illustrated classics (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: New York : Baronet Books, ©2008.Description: 236 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781603400381
- 1603400389
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | GREAT IL MUTINY O | Processing | 33111011324692 |
"C224-19"--Spine.
The call of the sea -- The Bounty -- The fateful voyage begins: We reach Otaheite -- We meet the islanders -- Signs of trouble: Three men desert -- Mutiny on the ship -- Attack on the beach -- We survive to see New Holland -- We become skin and bones -- Home to England.
Captain William Bligh's account of the fatal voyage of the Bounty, and his subsequent 3,600-mile trip to Timor in an open boat. Bligh was not the tyrant of legend--in fact, he may have been one of the most lenient commanders of a Pacific exploration ship of that period.
"Captain William Bligh recorded the most famous mutiny in sea history when a group of his men, led by Fletcher Christian, forced him from his ship onto a small launch and cast him adrift into the sea. Was Blight a harsh sea captain whose vicious cruelty forced his men to mutiny? Or was Fletcher Christian greedy for power and unjustified in taking command? Sail with Captain Bligh, on the Bounty and then follow his incredible quest for survival when cast adrift. It's a timeless tale of man's heroic struggle to survive against all odds!"--Back cover.