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Informationen zum Autor Public relations professional Donald A. Maxton is the director of communications for a major hospital network in New York City. He lives in Springfield, New Jersey. Klappentext This is the first complete publication of a rare collection of letters and poems written from 1790 to 1792 - many of which have never appeared in print - that tells the compelling true story of Peter Heywood, a young Royal Navy midshipman on H.M.S. Bounty wrongly accused of mutiny, and his devoted sister, Nessy, who worked tirelessly to save him from being condemned and executed for this crime. This edition is a faithful transcription of a manuscript held at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Zusammenfassung "This is the first complete publication of a rare collection of letters and poems written from 1790 to 1792 telling the compelling true story of Peter Heywood! a young Royal Navy midshipman on H.M.S. Bounty wrongly accused of mutiny! and his sister! Nessy! who worked to save him from being condemned and executed for this crime"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviIntroductionTextual PostscriptPart One.¿The LettersPart Two.¿The PoemsAppendix 1: Additional CorrespondenceAppendix 2: Dramatis PersonæAppendix 3: Peter Heywood's Naval CareerNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
