Men Against the Sea

Men Against the Sea
Men Against the Sea  
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Author(s) Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Country United States
Language English
Series The "Bounty" Trilogy
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
Publication date 1934
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Preceded by Mutiny on the "Bounty"
Followed by Pitcairn's Island

Men Against the Sea is the second installment in the trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the mutiny aboard HMS 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 1934 by Little, Brown and Company.

Plot summary

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. This true story is considered the greatest open-boat voyage of all time.

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