Pitcairn Island, the "Bounty" Mutineers and Their Descendants

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. Unlike previous volumes, this history takes a look at the Pitcairn Island of the 20th and 21st centuries, examining such subjects as the effect of the World War II and the 2004 sexual abuse trial and conviction of six Pitcairners. Helpful maps and photographs enhance the reader's experience.

ISBN 0786434716   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780786434718 (What's this?)   Pages 253 Publisher McFarland & Co Inc   Volumes 1 Imprint McFarland & Co Inc   Weight (grammes) 630 Format Hardback   Published in Jefferson, NC Publication date 15 Jul 2008   Height (mm) 254 Writer of foreword Herbert Ford   Width (mm) 178 Library of Congress 2008010254   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 996.18   Academic level General

		Foreword by Herbert Ford		1
Introduction		The Island as Icon		3
1		Pitcairn Discovered		9
2		Bread That Grows on Trees!		14
3		Destination Tahiti		17
4		Captain Bligh v. Mr. Christian		25
5		The Famous Captain Bligh		31
6		With the Mutineers		37
7		An Almost Perfect Hideaway		46
8		Early Visitors: 1814-1825		52
9		Captain Beechey Learns the Bloody Details		61
10		Death of the Patriarch		70
11		Fatal Tahitian Sojourn		75
12		"The Mussolini of Pitcairn"		82
13		A Busy Port of Call: 1839-1849		91
14		Emergency Ward		99
15		Before the Separation		103
16		The Move to Norfolk Island		111
17		Return to Pitcairn		119
18		Shipwrecks and Hysteria		126
19		Pitkern and Place Names		133
20		Conversion, Constitution - and Murder		137
21		Into a New Century: 1900-1928		146
22		What Depression? The 1930s		155
23		War and a Windfall: 1939-1959		167
24		Population in Freefall: 1960-1979		182
25		Dreams of Smiley's Millions ... And a Dream Realized		199
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