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Title: Good yarn, wretchedly told
Review: The mutiny on the American whaleship Globe, the subsequent attempt by the plotter Samuel Comstock to set up as an island king and the successful counterrevolution by some of the young crew deserves a thoughtful retelling.Edwin Hoyt, one of the most prolific hacks writing about events in the Pacific, is not the man to do it.This error-filled recreation -- it does not deserve the name history -- was first published in 1975, and the story itself is of sufficient interest to have kept 'Mutiny on the Globe' in print. But Hoyt has not bothered to correct the numerous embarrassing errors. To give just one example: He has the Globe sheltering in Pearl Harbor during a stop in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was not used for ships until late in the 19th century.
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