Name: #26 What Caused The Mutiny On The Bounty?
Uploaded: 2021-01-01T17:29:04+00:00
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Description: http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=122479 "What caused the mutiny on the Bounty?” Alexander asks. ”The seductions of Tahiti, Bligh’s harsh tongue — perhaps. But more compellingly, a night of drinking and a p

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http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=122479 "What caused the mutiny on the Bounty?” Alexander asks. ”The seductions of Tahiti, Bligh’s harsh tongue — perhaps. But more compellingly, a night of drinking and a proud man’s pride, a low moment on one gray dawn, a momentary and fatal slip in a gentleman’s code of discipline — and then the rush of consequences to be lived out for a lifetime.”

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