Mutiny on the "Globe" - The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock (Paperback, New edition)

In January 1824, more than a year after sailing, Captain Worth and the officers of Nantucket whaler The Globe were brutally murdered in an assault led by 21-year-old Boat Steerer Samuel Comstock. This bloody mutiny was the first stage of Comstock's fantastical plan to found his own pirate kingdom on a remote Pacific island. The surviving crew reached the island of Mili Atoll soon afterwards, and there Comstock's deranged dream quickly began to unravel. Factions developed; some of the men rejected Comstock's leadership and they managed to retake the ship, cutting anchor and making out to sea in the dead of night, eventually informing the navy of the mutiny. All but two of those left on the island were killed by the natives and the survivors were imprisoned separately for two years. Heffernan provides a vivid depiction of the Globe mutiny itself and the events behind it, catching well the feel of bustling Nantucket and that of daily life aboard a 19th-century ship. Most interesting of all is Samuel Comstock himself, a brooding, erratic man who during his first voyage, aboard the Foster, got involved with a fierce fight between two infamous prostitutes and an unsuccessful attempt to break into a Chilean gaol. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the likes of Treasure Island or Moby Dick should relish this enthralling tale. (Kirkus UK)

Whilst sailing between Hawaii and Tahiti in January 1824, the captain and officers of the Nantucket whaling ship 'the Globe' were attacked with whaling gear, shot, and dumped overboard under the audacious direction of twenty-one-year-old Samuel Comstock, whose dream was to found his own tropical kingdom. This eventually led to his own violent death at the hands of his co-mutineers. Only a few members of the Globe's crew survived: two men who were rescued after years on a Pacific atoll, bizarrely spared after their fellows had been slaughtered by the natives living there, and a handful more who retook the ship and carried news of the mutiny to the US Navy. Escaping with the ship was George Comstock, Samuel's younger brother and a horrified witness to his brother's murderous deeds. George's remarkable firsthand account, written upon his return to Nantucket, has never been published in full, and "Mutiny on the Globe" will present portions of it for the first time.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2003
Authors:	Thomas Heffernan
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7475-6173-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Mutiny Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-7475-6173-7
Barcode:	9780747561736

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