{"product_id":"book-1530","title":"Mutiny on Board HMS \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1787, William Bligh, commander of the \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e, sailed under Captain Cook on a voyage to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree, with a view to acclimatizing the species to the West Indies. During their six-month stay on the island, his men became completely demoralized and mutinied on the return voyage. But a resentful crew, coupled with ravaging storms and ruthless savages, proved to be merely stages leading up to the anxiety-charged ordeal to come. Bligh, along with eighteen men, was cast adrift in an open boat only twenty-three feet long with a small stock of provisions-and without a chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis narrative, deeply personal yet objective, documents the voyage and Bligh's relationship to his men, thereby exposing the oft debated question of what kind of man he really was.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig Black","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49302870655280,"sku":"BD1530","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1530-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775522096","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1530","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}