Mutiny

Author: Leonard F. Guttridge
Publisher: Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425183212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Nothing is more terrifying to a seagoing captain than the specter of mutiny, and nothing more riveting than a tale of mutinous deeds. Here Leonard F. Guttridge provides a casebook of mutinies that have occurred over the past two hundred years-from the Magellan expedition to the U.S. aircraft carrier Constellation.--amazon.com

Mutiny and Its Bounty

Author: Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300170289
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
Parallels mutinies in today's business organizations with the shipboard rebellions of old. 15,000 first printing.

A Brief History of Mutiny

Author: Richard Woodman
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
ISBN: 9780786715671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
A survey of great mutinies of history explores the various uprisings that have occured on the high seas, from Magellan's successful negotiation of a mutiny aboard his ship to events as recent as World War II. Original.

The Port Chicago Mutiny

Author: Robert L. Allen
Publisher: Heyday Books
ISBN: 9781597140287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
During World War II, Port Chicago was a segregated naval munitions base on the outer shores of San Francisco Bay. Black seamen were required to load ammunition onto ships bound for the South Pacific under the watch of their white officers--an incredibly dangerous and physically challenging task. On July 17, 1944, an explosion rocked the base, killing 320 men--202 of whom were black ammunition loaders. In the ensuing weeks, white officers were given leave time and commended for heroic efforts, whereas 328 of the surviving black enlistees were sent to load ammunition on another ship. When they refused, fifty men were singled out and charged--and convicted--of mutiny. It was the largest mutiny trial in U.S. naval history. First published in 1989, The Port Chicago Mutiny is a thorough and riveting work of civil rights literature, and with a new preface and epilogue by the author emphasize the event's relevance today.

Mutiny at Fort Jackson

Author: Michael D. Pierson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807887021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
New Orleans was the largest city--and one of the richest--in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. New Orleans fell to Union forces soon thereafter. Although the Fort Jackson mutiny marked a critical turning point in the Union's campaign to regain control of this vital Confederate financial and industrial center, it has received surprisingly little attention from historians. Michael Pierson examines newly uncovered archival sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment. The mutineers were soldiers primarily recruited from New Orleans's large German and Irish immigrant populations. Pierson shows that the new nation had done nothing to encourage poor white men to feel they had a place of honor in the southern republic. He argues that the mutineers actively sought to help the Union cause. In a major reassessment of the Union administration of New Orleans that followed, Pierson demonstrates that Benjamin "Beast" Butler enjoyed the support of many white Unionists in the city. Pierson adds an urban working-class element to debates over the effects of white Unionists in Confederate states. With the personal stories of soldiers appearing throughout, Mutiny at Fort Jackson presents the Civil War from a new perspective, revealing the complexities of New Orleans society and the Confederate experience.

Mutiny on the Bounty

Author: Charles Nordhoff
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
A British crew mutinies against the cruel commander of the Bounty in 1787.

The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India

Author: Charles Ball
Publisher: London ; London Printing and Pub.
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 780

Book Description

Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century

Author: Christopher Bell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135755531
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
This volume brings together a set of scholarly, readable and up-to-date essays covering the most significant naval mutinies of the 20th century, including Russia (1905), Brazil (1910), Austria (1918), Germany (1918), France (1918-19), Great Britain (1931), Chile (1931), the United States (1944), India (1946), China (1949), Australia, and Canada (1949). Each chapter addresses the causes of the mutiny in question, its long- and short-term repercussions, and the course of the mutiny itself. More generally, authors consider the state of the literature on their mutiny and examine significant historiographical issues connected with it, taking advantage of new research and new methodologies to provide something of value to both the specialist and non-specialist reader. The book provides fresh insights into issues such as what a mutiny is, what factors cause them, what navies are most susceptible to them, what responses lead to satisfactory or unsatisfactory conclusions, and how far-reaching their consequences tend to be.

The Mutiny on the Bounty

Author: Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802795870
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
An account of the tragic voyage of the British ship to the island of Tahiti.

Black Mutiny

Author: William A. Owens
Publisher: Black Classic Press
ISBN: 9781574780048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
"Black Mutiny" is the historical retelling of one of our nation's most dramatic national crises. It is one among many historical sources used in the development of the new motion picture "Amistad." Written as a novel in 1953 by William A. Owens, this is one historian's view of the Amistad mutiny. Based on U.S. government documents, court records, official and personal correspondence, diaries, and newspaper accounts, it tells the true story of 53 illegally enslaved Africans who revolted against their captors. After the Amistad was intercepted and seized by the United States Navy, the imprisoned Africans were forced to stand trial for mutiny and murder in a case that reached the Supreme Court. With its impassioned plea for freedom for all people, "Black Mutiny" brilliantly recreates a critical moment in America's racial history more than twenty years before the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a rousing and unforgettable story of oppression, justice, and the precious cost of human dignity.