An edition of Mutiny on the Globe (2002)
Mutiny on the Globe
the fatal voyage of Samuel Comstock
By Thomas Farel Heffernan
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Language
eng
Pages
300
Description:
"Samuel Comstock was born with a sense of destiny that is sometimes granted to great artists or leaders of men; in his case, it was the mark of Cain. Though he had vowed from childhood that he would do some great thing, his only legacy was a reign of terror.". "He came from a family that had grown rich trading in whaling products, so it was no surprise that young Samuel Comstock - as wild and headstrong a youth as had ever been seen on the wharves of Nantucket or New York - signed on to the whale ship Globe in 1822. What would have been surprising, had anyone known, were the contents of his sea chest: a diverse collection of seeds, tools, medical supplies, and weapons. Later - too late - his brother William remembered that Samuel used to talk about establishlng his own island kingdom in the South Seas. Of course no one had taken him seriously."--BOOK JACKET.