The Captain Called It Mutiny


Read 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

Chapters

Foreword and Chapter 1. Revelation 23:54 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 2. Principal Characters 45:10 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 3. Prelude 27:22 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 4. Enough Hope 21:57 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 5. Cry Havoc 18:46 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 6. Saturday, November 26 32:42 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 7. Sunday, November 27 25:11 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 8. Monday, November 28 21:03 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 9. Tuesday, November 29 22:22 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 10. Wednesday, November 30 33:06 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 11. Black Thursday 26:03 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 12. Catharsis 36:53 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 13. Rising Wind 32:17 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 14. Ablution 34:04 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 15. Restoration 21:48 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 16. Aftermath 26:36 Read by Mark Harrington
Chapter 17. Autopsy 19:49 Read by Mark Harrington