Pitcairn - children of the 'Bounty' / Ian M. Ball.
Pitcairn - children of the 'Bounty' / Ian M. Ball.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Victor Gollancz, 1973.
Date
1973.
Call Numbers
E919.618/BAL , N919.618/8 , 989.7/24
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 380 p. : ill., map, ports ; 23cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Part one: improbable past -- One. A volcanic afterthought -- Two. The mission, the mutiny -- Three. Hero into villain -- Four. A miasma of vilification: the defense -- Five. That old standby, sex -- Six. A psucoanalytical postscript -- Seven. Mayhem, saintliness, dictatorship, order...
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Publisher
London : Victor Gollancz, 1973.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1973.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
What really happened on HMS Bounty during that ill-starred voyage; what caused the most famous of mutinies? And what is happening today, on that fantastically remote Pacific isalnd, to the decendants of the mutineers and their Tahitian women? The answers provided here to these questions turn out to be surprising. The mutiny itself - subject of seve...
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Full title
Pitcairn - children of the 'Bounty' / Ian M. Ball.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pitcairn Island. Social life (BNB/PRECIS)
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Sailing vessels: 'Bounty'. Mutiny, 1789 (BNB/PRECIS)
Map on lining papers.
Also published, Boston: Little, Brown, 1973.
Includes index.
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Call Numbers
E919.618/BAL , N919.618/8 , 989.7/24
Record Identifier
74VvkG60deJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkG60deJX
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ISBN
0316079383 (Little, Brown)
9780575017177
0575017171
9780316079389 (Little, Brown)
DDC
359.1334 919.618
MMS ID
991013934349702626
