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Pitcairn’s Island
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| Author(s): | James Norman Hall Charles Bernard Nordhoff |
| Illustrator(s): | Henry C. Pitz |
| Publisher(s): | Little, Brown and Co. |
| Year Published: | 1934 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure British Far East History - British Sea Stories |
| Age Range: | Ages 13-18: Young Adult |
| Pages: | 333 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 292243 |
Description
Following the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian along with eight of the Bounty’s crew, six Polynesian men and twelve Polynesian women sail for Pitcairn’s Island where they scuttle the Bounty.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)
Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789.
It has been made into several films and a musical. It was the first of what became “The Bounty Trilogy”, which continues with Men Against the Sea, and concludes with Pitcairn’s Island.
Men Against the Sea (1934)
Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal men are cast off in a twenty-three foot open boat by the Bounty mutineers and set out for Coupang in Timor, a journey of more than 3,600 miles.
The Bounty Trilogy (1940)
An omnibus edition of Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn’s Island.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1978)
Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789.
It has been made into several films and a musical. It was the first of what became “The Bounty Trilogy”, which continues with Men Against the Sea, and concludes with Pitcairn’s Island.
Other Sequels
The Wreck of the Wild Wave (1942)
In 1858, the Wild Wave, clipper, under Captain Josiah N. Knowles, departed San Francisco for New York. Barely a month later, they were wrecked on the reefs about Oeno Island. The captain and seven of the crew sailed to Pitcairn Island seeking help, and found it deserted.
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