Men Against the Sea: A Novel - Softcover

Hall, James Norman; Nordhoff, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316738883 ISBN 13: 9780316738880

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2003

Synopsis

Unsurpassed as a gripping tale of historical adventure, Men Against the Sea is the epic account of the eighteen loyal men set adrift on the high seas after the mutiny on the Bounty.
With Captain Bligh at the helm of a 23-foot open launch, the loyal sailors are alone on uncharted waters, struggling to survive on scant rations and taking pains to avoid war canoes and inhabited islands under cover of night. Their 3,600-mile voyage from the island of Tofoa in the Friendly Archipelago to the Dutch East Indies remains to this day one of the greatest feats of courage and endurance in maritime history.
"Splendid...Nordhoff and Hall have done a magnificent job in narrative Captain Bligh's remarkable feat." --Chicago Tribune

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall (1887­1951), who served together as U.S. Air Service pilots in World War I, had a highly successful literary partnership that lasted nearly 30 years and produced several worldwide bestsellers. They are best known for their high-seas adventure Bounty trilogy.

Review:

"One of the great stories of the sea."―Times Literary Supplement

"Perhaps the most remarkable voyage of an open, overloaded, and underprovisioned boat in the annals of seafaring...The authors have taken lessons from Conrad in penetrating the psychology of seamen and from Stevenson in building from scanty sources a tale having verisimilitude."―Percy Hutchison, New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0316738883
• ISBN 13: 9780316738880
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272