>In case you haven't read the new book by Greenburg(?), it is well worth it >and of course it is certainly appropriate considering the subject of this >forum. She also wrote "The Endurance" about Shackelton. Mike - Some years ago when I lived in Anacortes, Washington I became good friends with Ernest K. Gann, an author who penned a score of books such as Fate is the Hunter, The High and the Mighty, The Aviator, etc. Ernie was a fascinating multi-faceted guy with wide ranging interests and experiences. For the years that I knew him he was fascinated with the story of the Bounty and he did a tremendous amount of research on the subject, traveling to Pitcairn Island a few times and spending a great deal of time in the U.K doing research. Once, after we had been out flying he showed me an exact copy of the Bounty's log book. Over lunch I asked him what he thought precipitated the mutiny. I expected him to pontificate at length and I was surprised at the brevity of his comments. According to Ernie, Bligh and Christian had a long-standing homosexual affair and the mutiny was caused by a lover's tiff. At first I thought he was joking, but he was absolutely serious. He had some fairly compelling evidence but frankly it's been so many years ago that I don't remember the specifics. Bruce