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Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare: From The Bounty to Safety - .9781841150772
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- Title
- Captain Bligh’s Portable Nightmare: From The Bounty to Safety –
- ISBN
- 9781841150772
- Book Title
- Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare: From the Bounty to Safety - 4, 162 Miles Across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 204mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- Government, History
- Item Width
- 134mm
- Item Weight
- 352g
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare is the account of an extraordinary journey, a great achievement in the history of European seafaring and a personal triumph for a man that has been misjudged by history -- Captain William Bligh, the supposedly cruel and foul-mouthed commander of The Bounty. John Toohey's account of Bligh's life will re-evaluate the Captain's role as an English hero. At dawn on 28 April 1789, Captain William Bligh and eighteen men from the Bounty were herded onto a 23 foot boat and abandoned in the middle of the Pacific. Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare is the extraordinary story of the 6,705 kilometre journey that the boat made to Java. It was an amazing feat of navigation and discipline that involved attacks by islanders, continuous storms, crippling illness and near starvation. Through the narration of the journey John Toohey skilfully interweaves the story of Bligh's life and re-evaluates his reputation in history. Like Simon Schama's Dead Certainties, Toohey speculates on the unwritten truths of Bligh's life -- his guilt over Captain Cook's death in Kealakekua Bay, the myths surrounding the Bounty expedition, the trials and retributions that followed his return to England, fighting next to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. John Toohey reveals Bligh as a man of his times, misunderstood by later generations. Combining extensive research with story-telling this is an extraordinary tale, an intriguing biography and a wonderful piece of history.
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HarperCollins
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9781841150772
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Book Title
Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare: From the Bounty to Safety - 4, 162 Miles Across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Government, History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Item Height
204mm
Item Width
134mm
Item Weight
352g
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United Kingdom
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