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icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle Roy Schreiber - Writer on a Pogo Stick From history, to memoir to satire Home Works Contact A satirical view of the academic life William Bligh was the target of two mutinies after the one on the Bounty . Yet he died an admiral in the British navy. This book explains how he managed to turn adversity into good fortune.
George Tobin acted as Captain Bligh's third lieutenant on the second and successful voyage made to the South Seas to collect breadfruit. Tobin was a talented writer and a gifted artist and this is the first publication of his memoir of that voyage.
William Bligh is best known as the cause of the mutiny on the Bounty. He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a vice-admiral of the British navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.