The Bounty Quotes

“the tortured master’s mate, his long hair loose, his shirt collar open, he with his gentlemanly pedigree and almost mythic name: Fletcher Christian.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

“Bligh made an announcement. “I now thought it for the Good of the Service to give Mr. Fletcher Christian an Acting Order as Lieut. I therefore Ordered it to be read to all hands.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

“It would seem that to Bligh, infliction of punishment was like sickness, and scurvy, something that had no place on a well-run ship. William Bligh had set out to make the perfect voyage.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

“Mandatory, and soon despised, dancing sessions were implemented under this same improving philosophy.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

“In these easygoing conditions he ordered the entire ship washed and then rinsed down with vinegar, which served as a disinfectant.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

“When conditions allowed, he ordered fires lit to dry his men’s sodden gear.”
― Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty