Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film) replaced by Lewis Milestone who is credited as director of the picture. The film was panned, and was considered a box office bomb, having lost over $6 million. A replica of the "Bounty" was constructed for the film. Fifty years after the release of the film, the vessel sank in Hurricane Sandy with loss of life. In the year 1787, the "Bounty" sets sail from Britain for Tahiti under the command of captain William Bligh (Trevor Howard). Her mission is to transport breadfruit to Jamaica, where hopefully it will thrive and provide a cheap source of food for the slaves.
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty Barrow critically evaluates. It was first published in 1831 by John Murray as the 25th volume in their "Family Library" series. An American edition followed under the title "A Description of Pitcairn's island and its Inhabitants: With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the Subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers" (New York: Harper, 1832). The many later reissues include a 1936 Oxford World's Classics edition. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences (1831) by