Men Against the Sea
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Men Against the Sea is the second installment in the trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the mutiny aboard HMAV Bounty. It is preceded by Mutiny on the "Bounty" and followed by Pitcairn's Island. The original copyright date is 1933, and it was first printed in hardcover in January of 1934 by Little, Brown and Company.
[edit] Plot Overview
Men Against the Sea follows the journey of Lieutenant William Bligh and the eighteen men set adrift in an open boat by the mutineers of the Bounty. The story is told from the perspective of Thomas Ledward, the Bounty's acting surgeon, who went into the ship's launch with Bligh. It begins after the main events described in the novel and then moves into a flashback, finishing at the starting point.
[edit] Principal Characters
- Lieutenant Willaim Bligh, Acting Captain
- John Fryer, Sailing Master
- Thomas Ledward, Acting Surgeon
- David Nelson, Botanist
- William Cole, Boatswain
- William Elphinstone, Master's Mate
- William Purcell, Carpenter
