Mutiny on the Bounty Author:Charles Nordhoff and james Norman Hall In the annals of the sea there is no more fascinating story than that told in this novel-the story of H.M.S.Bounty, which set sail from England in 1787 bound for Tahiti. In charge was Lieutenant Bligh, a harsh taskmaster. Interminable storms lengthened the voyage, rations ran low, and, his temper increased. Bligh raged at his underfed and embitt... more »ered crew. The halcyon days that followed their eventual arrival at Tahiti, the soothing influence of the women and the fresh food, quieted the men. But shortly after the return voyage had begun, Bligh's tyranny once more brought rebellion to the breaking point, and with the island still fresh in their memory, the men suddenly rose in mutiny. Then followed adventures which literally have no parallel in navel history: Bligh and eighteen loyal seaman incredibly crossing 3600 miles in an open boat; the mutineers with their native wives seeking refuge after refuge in the island kingdom,while in far-off England the law of the see began to stretch forth it's hand.« less