Roy Schreiber
Bligh Books
 George Tobin wanted very much to tell his story to the public. Two centuries on, he has his wish. Captain Bligh's Second ChanceGeorge 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.
The Fortunate Adversities of William Bligh & Captain Bligh's Second ChanceWilliam 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.
ABOUT THE AUTHORRoy E. Schreiber has his PhD from London University. He visited many of the places William Bligh saw and like Bligh has been sailing since he was a teenager. Schreiber has skippered assorted boats in the U.S., Great Britain and Australia. |
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