Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Paperback(Reprint)

$18.99 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Friday, March 22
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

Mutiny on the Bounty is an "astounding sea tale" (New York Times) that thrills readers young and old with its action-packed account of treachery and survival in the South Pacific.

Cherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of readers around the world in the eight decades since its initial publication. The novel reprises a true story — the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh — and reaches peaks of narrative excitement that mark the book indelibly as a modern classic.


The story of the Bounty continues in Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island.


"A superb achievement...Here is what the historical novel should be — a bit of history brought to life in a book." —New York Times

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316611688
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 04/11/1989
Series: Back Bay Books
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 146,682
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile: 1080L (what's this?)
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) was an American author best known for the novel Mutiny on the Bounty with co-author Charles Nordhoff. During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman and then flying for France and later the United States.

Charles Nordhoff (1 February 1887 - 10 April 1947) and James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) collaborated on a large number of written works, notably their "Bounty" trilogy, accounting the tale of the mutiny on board the HMS Bounty and its aftermath, which included "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Men Against the Sea", and "Pitcairn's Island".

Henry Carl Keifer was a prolific illustrator whose earliest published work appears to have been an adaptation of Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s Story of a Bad Boy in 1928 and he illustrated more than sixty different comic series between 1935 and 1955. He was best known for Wambi the Jungle Boy by Fiction House - 1940-1948. He became involved with Classics Illustrated in the early 1940s and his work is both distinctive and stimulating. There are many examples of his work throughout the CI series.

MORRIS WALDINGER was an artist, writer and letterer for several American comic book publications during the 1950s and 1960s. To the legendary Classics Illustrated series, he contributed Nordhoff and Hall's 'Mutiny on the Bounty', that appeared in 1952.

He cooperated on several 'Wonderwoman' issues in the 1950s and 1960s, both as a scriptwriter and artist. He illustrated war, romance and western titles for Charlton, DC and Feature Comics. Waldinger was a letterer for DC from the 1950s throughout the 1970s.

What People are Saying About This

James A. Michener

This vigorous artistic narrative remains incontestably the finest account of the "Bounty" story, and since many others have tried to write of this famous ship, the accomplishment of Nordhoff and Hall is not trivial. A grand book, a great read.

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews