Buckner F. Melton, Jr., is a historian and professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An occasional commentator for National Public Radio, PBS, and MSNBC, he is also author to The First Impeachment, Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason, and A Hanging Offense.
Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's greatest naval stories—yet few know the similar tale from America's own fledgling navy in the dying days of the Age of Sail, a tale of mutiny and death at sea on an American warship.In 1842, the brig-of-war Somers set out on a training cruise...
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