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Since Nordhoff & Hall’s famous trilogy was published in 1932, three major Hollywood films have told the legendary epic of the ill-fated Bounty during her 1787 voyage to Tahiti. In every case Captain William Bligh is portrayed as a sadistic tyrant and Fletcher Christian as a handsome hero. In reality Bligh was a young, idealistic officer and Christian was nothing like Clark Gable. What really sparked the mutiny? How did Bligh make it back to England? Was Christian murdered on Pitcairn’s Island? Did Bligh have to account for his actions? Now you can learn what really happened to the Bounty and her crew 230 years ago. You may be amazed.
