Mutiny on the Bounty Author:Nordhoff, Hall 1960 reprint of the original 1932 historical novel, based on the 1789 mutiny of the H.M.S. Bounty by crewmembers who wanted to remain in Tahiti and Pitcairn Island. This is the book that the two Mutiny on the Bounty movies -- one in 1935 and one in 1962 -- were both based on.