The story is told through the medium of the original documents in the case, which Barrow critically evaluates.
It was first published in 1831 by John Murray as the 25th volume in their Family Library series.
An American edition followed under the title A Description of Pitcairn's island and its Inhabitants: With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the Subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers (New York: Harper, 1832).
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