Thanking all our hosts in New York City, Elizabeth, Stamford, Kingston, Albany , New Rochelle, Fairfield, Milford, and Fall River for a great summer of '89.
He was a reticent man, personally, as Ed Dunbaugh notes in this distinguished biography. But if you follow Dunbaugh into the crowded streets of Lower Manhattan, echoing with the ring of caulker's mallet and sledge upon tree nail, you will soon pick up the shape ofWebb' s beliefs and affections, and the strength and positive ardor with which he pursued them. And in Barry Thomas ' s life histories of the ships, which follow, you will soon pick up another beat, the integrity that went into anything that Webb set his hand to. PS This review is excerpted from the introduction to the book.
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'Know then my own Dear Betsy I have lost the Bounty /
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Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas, Sven Wahlroos (Salem House, Topsfield MA, 1989, 466p, $22.50hb) Captain Bligh: the Man and his Mutinies, Gavin Kennedy (Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry NY, 1989, 31 Op, illus, $34.95hb) Bligh, Sam McKinney (International Marine Publishing Company, Camden ME, 1989, 205p, illus, $22.95) The 200th anniversary of the mutiny on HMS Bounty was marked in 1989 by the publication of these three books. The true story, which has captured the imagination of historians, marine enthusiasts and film makers remains a mystery. The most rudimentary account of the mutiny will dispel the fictional perception of Bligh as a ruthless disciplinarian. All accounts from the men on the Bounty confirm that lashings were dealt out infrequently in comparison with the standards of the time. In fact, the most recent studies of corporal punishment of this time indicate that historians until now have taken too grim a view of how order was maintained in the Royal Navy (see "Reviews," SH 50, p43). Kennedy in his biography asserts that Bligh was, in fact, too lenient with his men . Bligh, who had sailed with Cook to the Pacific islands and witnessed his death in Hawaii , came well qualified to lead an expedition to take breadfruit trees from Tahiti to Australia as a new food source for the penal colony. Despite his ardent efforts, however, his patron Sir Joseph Banks could not secure his promotion to post captain. Sailing instead as a lieutenant, he was the only commissioned officer on board. After desperate attempts to round Cape Horn through March and April, Bounty turned back to run east to the Cape of Good Hope. In August she made SEA HISTORY 53, SPRING 1990
Awal<e, Bold Bligh! Edited by Pau! Brunton
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Three personal letters written by William Bligh shortly after the celebrated mutiny on board the HMS Bounty bring the event to life in a way unmatched by accounts written years later. Published here in facsimile for the first time with explanatory text and transcriptions, the letters recount the drama as experienced by the man who was at the heart of the action. Illustrated. $22.00, cloth
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