'The Far Land swells in the cause and effect of actions of passion. Brandon Presser's fascinating narrative of the relentless consequences of the
Bounty mutineers asks: were they brave or damned? They lived so very troubled ever after. You can't make this stuff up!'
TOM HANKS
'
The Far Land hits a lot of my pleasure centers:
remote islands, then-and-now non-fiction, historical mysteries and forthright travelogues. The first night I started reading, I dreamed about Pitcairn Island.'
MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD, 2021 Booker Prize shortlisted and 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted author of
Great Circle
A THRILLING TALE OF POWER, OBSESSION AND BETRAYAL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
In 1808, an American merchant ship happened upon an uncharted island in the South Pacific and unwittingly solved the biggest nautical mystery of the era: the whereabouts of a band of fugitives who, after seizing their vessel, had disappeared into the night with their Tahitian companions.
Seven generations later, the island is still inhabited by descendants of the original mutineers, marooned like modern castaways.
In 2018, Brandon Presser went to live among its families; two clans bound by circumstance and secrets. There, he pieced together Pitcairn's full story: an operatic saga that holds all visitors in its mortal clutch - even the author.
Told through vivid historical and personal narrative, The Far Land goes beyond the infamous mutiny on the Bounty, offering an unprecedented glimpse at life on the fringes of civilization, and how, perhaps, it's not so different from our own.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Cast of Characters
- Maps
- 1: Turn On the Quiet
- 2: The Strangest Hello
- 3: Artocarpus Incisa
- 4: Discovery in the Age of the Superstore
- 5: A Score of Worlds
- 6: The Three Legs of Man
- 7: The Last Grande Dame of Tahiti
- 8: Mutiny on the Bounty
- 9: The Backwater Emissary
- 10: The Geometry of Solitude
- 11: The Fallout Zone
- 12: The Quiet
- 13: The Museum People
- 14: The Devil’s Workshop
- 15: Pandora’s Box
- 16: Dreadfruit
- 17: Portrait of a Family
- 18: Hunting Pigs
- 19: An Eye for an Eye
- 20: A Spider’s Progress
- 21: The Book of Fear
- 22: Down Rope
- 23: Time, Chance, and Death
- 24: Far from Help
- 25: Bury the Hatchet
- 26: Children of Castaways
- 27: The Strangest Bonjour
- 28: Austerity
- Epilogue: Turn Off the Quiet
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on References
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
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