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Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting lieutenant fletcher christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, lieutenant william bligh, and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ships open launch. Much of the blame fell on brando, whose uncooperative and difficult behaviour delayed filming and led to cost overruns. Mutiny on the bounty first edition bauman rare books. Mutiny on the bounty audiobook by charles nordhoff.
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