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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 17 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Bernard Mayes. |
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In 1787, William Bligh, commander of the Bounty, sailed under Captain Cook on a voyage to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree, with a view to acclimatizing the species to the West Indies. During their six-month stay on the island, his men became completely demoralized and mutinied on the return voyage. But a resentful crew, coupled with ravaging storms and ruthless savages, proved to be merely stages leading up to the anxiety-charged ordeal to come. Bligh, along with eighteen men, was cast adrift in an open boat only twenty-three feet long with a small stock of provisions-and without a chart. His narrative, deeply personal yet objective, documents the voyage and Bligh's relationship to his men, thereby exposing the oft debated question of what kind of man he really was. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Bligh, William, 1754-1817.
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Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793.
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Bounty (Ship)
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Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
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Mayes, Bernard.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982497552 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982497556 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11072987 |
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