The Captain Called It Mutiny

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Captain Called It Mutiny by Frederic Van de Water. Read in English by Mark Harrington. On December 1, 1842, three crew members of the U.S. Navy brig Somers were hanged for mutiny. The alleged leader was eighteen-year-old Philip Spencer, son of President Tyler's Secretary of War. The author, a distant relative of one of the crew members suspected in the incident, attempts to uncover the facts of this controversial moment in United States naval history. - Summary by Mark Harrington For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (225MB)

Directors & creators

Frederic Van de Water

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;mutiny; somers; philip spencer; alexander slidell mackenzie; u. s. navy

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