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Kirk, Robert W., 1937-
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Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793 -- Family.
Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
Pitcairn Islands -- History.
Pitcairn Islands -- Biography.
Pitcairn Islands -- Genealogy.
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Pitcairn Island, the...
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Pitcairn Island, the Bounty mutineers, and their descendants : a history / Robert W. Kirk ; foreword by Herbert Ford.
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Kirk, Robert W., 1937-
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
Subjects
Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793 -- Family.
Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
Pitcairn Islands -- History.
Pitcairn Islands -- Biography.
Pitcairn Islands -- Genealogy.
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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008010254.html
ISBN:
9780786434718 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
0786434716 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Description:
viii, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / Herbert Ford -- Introduction. The Island as Icon -- 1. Pitcairn Discovered -- 2. Bread That Grows on Trees! -- 3. Destination Tahiti -- 4. Captain Bligh v. Mr. Christian -- 5. The Famous Captain Bligh -- 6. With the Mutineers -- 7. An Almost Perfect Hideaway -- 8. Early Visitors: 1814-1825 -- 9. Captain Beechey Learns the Bloody Details -- 10. Death of the Patriarch -- 11. Fatal Tahitian Sojourn -- 12. "The Mussolini of Pitcairn" -- 13. A Busy Port of Call: 1839-1849 -- 14. Emergency Ward -- 15. Before the Separation -- 16. The Move to Norfolk Island -- 17. Return to Pitcairn -- 18. Shipwrecks and Hysteria -- 19. Pitkern and Place Names -- 20. Conversion, Constitution -- and Murder
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"This is a detailed history of the Pitcairn islanders from the original settlement through the opening years of the 21st century. The island's isolation is contrasted with the international attention garnered from its captivating history, making the society a one-of-a-kind historical curiosity"--Provided by publisher.
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