Men Against the Sea Author:Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall 2nd book in the Bounty Trilogy. — The Bounty reached Tahiti and completed the first part of her mission in idyllic surroundings. But on the voyage home, the mutineers struck and took over, somewhere in the vacinity of the Friendly Islands. — There on the morning of April 28, 1789, Captain Bligh and 18 loyal members of the Bounty's crew were set a... more »drift in a small open launch. This is the story of their incredible voyage of 3600 miles across an uncharted ocean. It is one of the most stirring accounts in the history of man against the sea.« less