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Mutiny On The Bounty

Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall

Nordhoff, Charles and Norman Hall, James. Mutiny on the Bounty.

Little, Brown and Company. United States. 1932.

The book Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman

Hall, is an exiting adventure filled with trust and betrayal. This

fiction book written in 1932, will leave you wanting more of this

heart pounding excitement.

Mutiny on the Bounty is about the naval ship The Bounty and a crew of

brave British soldiers who are headed out to battle at sea. A

threatening storm of lightning and rain hits, and the crew doesn't

believe their inexperienced Captain Roger can navigate them safely

through the dangerous storm.

They thought that a crew member named Jack would be a more suitable

captain, and that he was more capable of traveling through the storm.

Captain Roger refused to give up his position as captain because he

thought it would make him look cowardly. William, a crew member that

had his doubts about Roger from the start, gathered a group of crew

members to throw the inexperienced captain overboard.

After Captain Roger was thrown over board, George, a loyal friend of

Captain Rogers, saves him from the deadly storm. When the captain was

safely on board again, he was outraged at William and the other crew

members that had betrayed him and threw all of them overboard. The

Captain and his remaining crew arrive back to England and were forced

to deal with the consequences of what had happened aboard the Bounty.

Mutiny on the Bounty was well written. It was successful in

entertaining readers of all different types. This book will draw any

reader into the adventures of the Bounty.

4 out of 5 stars

Contributed by S. Goodale

April 26, 2011