I can’t help but be reminded of the 1935 film, and the books comprising The Bounty Trilogy.
“Mutiny On The Bounty”,”Men Against The Sea”,and”Pitcairn’s Island”.My father gave them to me as a boy and I read each through a number of times!
The Bounty Trilogy...
I only actually read “Men Against the Sea”, which details Bligh’s heroic open-boat-voyage across 3000 miles of the Pacific.
I have seen the 3 movies, starring Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson, as Fletcher Christian. These movies made me a student of this historic mutiny. My research compels me to state that the Mel Gibson “Bounty” is the most historically accurate.
Bligh never was the cruel “Captain” depicted in the Gable or Brando movies.
He did not even attain the rank of “Captain” until long after the Bounty episode.
Of the 3 movies, the 1935 Clark Gable offering from Hollywood was the most ludicrous, utilizing white, American girls in dark make-up to play the role of Tahitians.
Still, the Mutiny on the Bounty is a most fascinating subject of research.
I was very disappointed that the Bounty, re-made for the Brando movie, had sunk. It used to be docked in St. Pete, FL, where I spent some of my early years...