Pitcairn Island, the Bounty Mutineers and Their Descendants: A History

Author:   Robert W. Kirk
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786493845


Pages:   263
Publication Date:   22 July 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Pitcairn Island, the Bounty Mutineers and Their Descendants: A History


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The infamous Bounty mutiny of 1790 culminated in nine mutineers taking up residence on the small Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Rivalry over Polynesian women soon led to homicidal strife and, by 1808, when American sealing vessel Topaz stopped at the island, John Adams was the only mutineer alive. He, however, headed what was soon discovered to be a utopianlike Christian society. Beginning with a background look at the circumstances surrounding the mutiny, this volume contains a detailed history of the Pitcairn Islanders from the original settlement through the opening years of the 21st century. The island's isolation is contrasted with the international attention garnered from its captivating history, making the society a one-of-a-kind historical conundrum. Helpful maps and photographs enhance the reader's experience.

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Author:   Robert W. Kirk
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780786493845


ISBN 10:   0786493844
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   22 July 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Herbert Ford      Introduction: The Island as Icon      1. Pitcairn Discovered      2. Bread That Grows on Trees!      3. Destination Tahiti      4. Captain Bligh vMrChristian      5. The Famous Captain Bligh      6. With the Mutineers      7. An Almost Perfect Hideaway      8. Early Visitors: 1814–1825      9. Captain Beechey Learns the Bloody Details      10. Death of the Patriarch      11. Fatal Tahitian Sojourn      12. “The Mussolini of Pitcairn”      13. A Busy Port of Call: 1839–1849      14. Emergency Ward      15. Before the Separation      16. The Move to Norfolk Island      17. Return to Pitcairn      18. Shipwrecks and Hysteria      19. Pitkern and Place Names      20. Conversion, Constitution—and Murder      21. Into a New Century: 1900–1928      22. What Depression? The 1930s      23. War and a Windfall: 1939–1959      24. Population in Freefall: 1960–1979      25. Dreams of Smiley’s Millions … And a Dream Realized      26. Bicentennial Decade      27. Island on Trial      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index     

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very up to date -<em>The Pitcairn Log</em>


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The late Robert W. Kirk wrote on South Pacific history, World War II and travel. He earned a doctorate in history at the University of California, Davis and was a retired professor of history. He lived in Santa Rosa, California.

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