Pitcairn Island, the Bounty Mutineers and ...

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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.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786493845
ISBN-10:	0786493844
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kirk, Robert W.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert W. Kirk
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.07.2014
Gewicht:	0,503 kg