Charles Nordhoff

"American Utopias" gives an intriguing look at America's many unique collective communities. This first-hand account was first published in 1875 while all the early major communities were still thriving, offering accounts of the Amana Society, the Shakers, Separatists of Zoar, the Oneida and Wallingford Perfectionists, the Aurora Commune, the Icarians, and many others.

Unsurpassed as a gripping tale of historical adventure, Men Against the Sea is the epic account of the eighteen loyal men set adrift on the high seas after the mutiny on the Bounty. With Captain Bligh at the helm of a 23-foot open launch, the loyal sailors are alone on uncharted waters, struggling to survive on scant rations and taking pains to avoid war canoes and inhabited islands under cover of night. Their 3,600-mile voyage from the island of Tofoa in the Friendly Archipelago to the Dutch East Indies remains to this day one of the greatest feats of courage and endurance in maritime history." Splendid... Nordhoff and Hall have done a magnificent job in narrative Captain Bligh's remarkable feat." --Chicago Tribune

The fugitive mutineers from the British ship Bounty meet with terror and bloodshed on an uncharted island.

Published in the year 1987, Nordhoff'S West Coast is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Science and Anthropology.