The Fortunate Adversities of William Bligh

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Author: Roy E. Schreiber

ISBN-10: 059513761X

ISBN-13: 9780595137619

Category: Europe - Armed Forces - Biography

William Bligh is best known as the cause of Mutiny On The Bounty. He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a Vice-Admiral of the British Navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.

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William Bligh is best known as the cause of Mutiny On The Bounty. He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a Vice-Admiral of the British Navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.

AcknowledgmentsVIIIntroductionXIBeginnings1The Bounty21Double Return of a Tarnished Hero57Scientific Captain to Warrior91The End of the Warrior Years113The Path to New South Wales135Troublesome Colony157Disaster177Admiral's Flag205Brief Glossary235Abbreviations237List of Sources Cited239