Research Catalog

Title

The Pitcairners / Robert Nicolson with the assistance of Brian F. Davies.

Author

Nicolson, Robert B.

Publication

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʹi Press, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Davies, Brian F.

Description

xiv, 264 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps; 20 cm.

Summary

"The Bounty Mutineers were a lost tribe in the South Pacific, who finally found a safe haven in Pitcairn Island. There they, along with a small group of Tahitian men and women, hid from the world and established a far from ideal community. Racism and greed created divisions, blood was spilt - in the end, few would make it off the isolated island of Pitcairn alive. The descendents of those that stayed, however, more than made up for the failings of their ancestors. They became a model of piety and purity. From the fate of the mutineers to life on the island 200 years later, Robert Nicolson reveals a fascinating story."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Pasifika library

Uniform Title

Pasifika library

Subject

• 1789
• Bounty Mutiny, 1789
• Pitcairn Islands > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "First published in New Zealand by Pasifika Press, Maota Samoa ... Auckland, New Zealand"--T.p. verso.
• Originally published: The Pitcairners / by Robert B. Nicolson with the assistance of Brian F. Davies. Sydney : Angus and Robertson ; San Francisco : Tri-Ocean Books, 1965.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The Mutiny. 1. Mutiny of the Bounty. 2. Captain Christian. 3. In Search of a Home. 4. Pitcairn's Island. 5. Massacre on Pitcairn. 6. Rebels Fall Out. 7. Early Callers -- pt. 2. Fenua Maitai. 8. The Surry and The Russell. 9. John Buffett Came on Shore. 10. George Hunn Nobbs. 11. Migration to Tahiti. 12. Captain Joshua Hill. 13. The Exiles. 14. The Pitcairn Island Recorder. 15. A British Crown Colony. 16. Rock of the West. 17. The Reverend George Hunn Nobbs. 18. Norfolk Island. 19. Pitcairn Island Today -- App. 1. Inhabitants of Pitcairn -- App. 2. Pitcairners in Tahiti -- App. 3. Magistrates & Council.

ISBN

0824819217 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96035483^

OCLC

• 35673425
• SCSB-10085081

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library