A Brief History Of Mutiny

Author : Richard Woodman
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Mutiny written by Richard Woodman and published by Constable. This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among mutinies. Captain Bligh was neither tyrant nor sadist -- whereas Pigot of the Hermione was both. Woodman brings a seaman's perspective to this compelling history, which stretches from Magellan's handling of an uprising on his great voyage of discovery in 1519 to the 'sordid crimes' that mutinies had become four centuries later.

Author : Leonard F. Guttridge
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780425183212
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny written by Leonard F. Guttridge and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more terrifying to a seagoing captain than the specter of mutiny, and nothing more riveting than a tale of mutinous deeds. Here Leonard F. Guttridge provides a casebook of mutinies that have occurred over the past two hundred years-from the Magellan expedition to the U.S. aircraft carrier Constellation.--amazon.com

Author : Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300170289
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny and Its Bounty written by Patrick J. Murphy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parallels mutinies in today's business organizations with the shipboard rebellions of old. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Mutiny written by Christopher Hibbert and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Nordhoff
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny on the Bounty written by Charles Nordhoff and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 1989-04-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British crew mutinies against the cruel commander of the Bounty in 1787.

Author : Jared Ross Hardesty
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479830984
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny on the Rising Sun written by Jared Ross Hardesty and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society On the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled eastward along the South American coast. Believing there was an opportunity to steal the lucrative cargo and make a new life for themselves, three sailors snuck below deck, murdered four people, and seized control of the vessel. Mutiny on the Rising Sun recounts the origins, events, and eventual fate of the Rising Sun’s final smuggling voyage in vivid detail. Starting from that horrible night in June 1743, it narrates a deeply human history of smuggling, providing an incredible story of those caught in the webs spun by illicit commerce. The case generated a rich documentary record that illuminates an international chocolate smuggling ring, the lives of the crew and mutineers, and the harrowing experience of the enslaved people trafficked by the Rising Sun. Smuggling stood at the center of the lives of everyone involved with the business of the schooner. Larger forces, such as imperial trade restrictions, created the conditions for smuggling, but individual actors, often driven by raw ambition and with little regard for the consequences of their actions, designed, refined, and perpetuated this illicit commerce. At once startling and captivating, Mutiny on the Rising Sun shows how illegal trade created demand for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism.

Author : Charles Ball
Publisher : London ; London Printing and Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India written by Charles Ball and published by London ; London Printing and Pub.. This book was released on 1858 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick O'Brien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802795870
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mutiny on the Bounty written by Patrick O'Brien and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the tragic voyage of the British ship to the island of Tahiti.

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733634125
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny on the Bounty written by Peter FitzSimons and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.

Author : Alan Ereira
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317403126
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invergordon Mutiny written by Alan Ereira and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1931 the Royal Navy experienced its biggest modern mutiny. The largest warships in the Atlantic Fleet were gathering in Cromarty Firth, for their autumn exercises. Meanwhile Ramsay MacDonald’s newly formed national Government announced its emergency budget, introducing means tests, cutting umeployment benefit and reducing public sector pay. On arrival at Invergordon the sailors discovered the scale of the cuts they were supposed to bear. Their resulting strike, co-ordinated from ship to ship, swiftly achieved its objective. The Navy was badly shaked by the extraordinary efficiency of the action, and Britiains’ financial credit was so seriously damaged that within a few days the country was forced off the Gold Standard. Until this book was published little of the story was known; officially dexcribed as a case of ‘unrest’ it was hushed up and no Courts-Martial or Commission of Inquiry followed. This is the first detailed account of the Invergordon mutiny based on the personal testimony of those involved on the lower deck. Particular attention is given to the way the affair was organized, both centrally and in individual ships, to the structure of command and to the flash points when the use of force was considered and attempted. The dramatic story is hereput into its historical context: the background to the budget crisis of 1931, the implications of the cuts imposed, the conditions of the Fleet at the time: themes which remain as pertinent today as they were in 1931.