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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 HMAV 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887 - 1947) was a U.S. (English-born) novelist and traveler. ...
James Norman Hall (April 22, 1887 - July 5, 1951) was a U.S. author. ...
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Men Against the Sea is the second installment in the trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the mutiny aboard HMAV Bounty. ...
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Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887 - 1947) was a U.S. (English-born) novelist and traveler. ...
James Norman Hall (April 22, 1887 - July 5, 1951) was a U.S. author. ...
For other uses, see Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation). ...
1814 portrait of William Bligh Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. ...
for other meaning see Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation) The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift from HMAV Bounty, 29 April 1789 The Mutiny on the Bounty was a historical event in the late 18th century, most widely known through fiction, of an officer...
Year 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Men Against the Sea is the second installment in the trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the mutiny aboard HMAV Bounty. ...
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The novel tells the story through a fictional first-person narrator by the name of Roger Byam, based on actual crew member Peter Heywood. Byam, although not one of the mutineers, remains with the Bounty after the mutiny. He subsequently returns to Tahiti, and is eventually arrested and taken back to England to face a court-martial. He, and several other members of the crew, are eventually acquitted. Captain Peter Heywood (1772- 1831) was a British seaman and mutineer best known for being part of the Mutiny on the Bounty. ...
A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ...
Characters in "Mutiny on the Bounty" - Roger Byam – main protagonist, based on actual crew member Peter Heywood
- William Bligh – Lieutenant and commander of the HMAV Bounty
- Fletcher Christian – eventual mutineerwhateva
Captain Peter Heywood (1772- 1831) was a British seaman and mutineer best known for being part of the Mutiny on the Bounty. ...
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations A musical based on the same story appeared in the West End during the 1980s. It was written by and starred David Essex. In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) ...
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ...
Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ...
Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. ...
See Bounty for other uses of Bounty. The Bounty is a 1984 drama film with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins based on the 1973 book by Richard Alexander Hough, which itself was based on a historical event. ...
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Further reading - Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, Viking Penguin, 2003, hardcover, 512 pages, ISBN 0-670-03133-X
- William Bligh, Meuterei auf der Bounty, Erdmann Verlag Tübingen. Description of actual travel logs by W. Bligh, published 1791 and 1793 by Georg Forster and his father in Berlin as "Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen".
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Other A first Novel Les Révoltés de la Bounty (The Mutineers of the Bounty) was published by Jules Verne in 1879. Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828–March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. ...
External links - In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) at the Internet Movie Database
- Hollywood history[1] Will give you a discussion on the comparisons between the three films and a short precis on a little known novel by Nordhoff and Hall and how it compares to "Mutiny"
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