Bøger af Robert W. Kirk

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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 John Adams was the only mutineer alive. Beginning with a background look at the circumstances surrounding the mutiny, this volume provides a detailed history of the Pitcairn islanders from the original settlement to the opening years of the 21st century.