MR. NICE BLIGH NEW `MUTINY' BOOK CLAIMS NOTORIOUS CAPTAIN WASN'T BAD GUY AFTER ALL.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: September 12, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

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Caroline Alexander, author of The Endurance, a well-received account of Ernest Shackleton's harrowing Antarctic expedition, sets herself a twofold task in her new book detailing the famous mutiny that occurred 200 years ago on the British ship, the Bounty.

First off, she will tell once more this familiar tale of the high seas, and second, she intends to set the record straight about who the good guy is here and who it is that really wears the black hat.

The tale itself is simply told. In late 1787, the Bounty departs ...

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