The HMS Bounty
A few weeks ago we went up to Boothbay Harbor, Maine to visit my folks. The 1960s reproduction of the Bounty is being refitted in the harbor. The reproduction was created from the original boat’s plan for the Marlon Brandon film “Mutiny on the Bounty” and was most recently used in the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
The Mutiny on the Bounty books are an excellent read. Especially if you are like me and love reading about sea-faring expeditions gone wrong. While we are on the topic - here are a few other favorites.
Mutiny on the Bounty, Pitcairn’s Island, and Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff (it is worth reading all three books!)
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King
South: The Endurance Expeditionby Ernest Shackleton
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
from amazon… the story that inspired Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick has a lot going for it–derring-do, cannibalism, rescue
and last but not least..
Batavia’s Graveyard: the True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History’s Bloodiest Mutiny
July 16th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
BATAVIA’S GRAVEYARD IS AMAZING.
October 12th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Pirates 2 pretty much sucked compared to the first one. It had a few good parts, but I think it was just a prelude to the 3rd one. I hope number 3 is better!