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In the story, Stavely rises to political power by exploiting the internal divisions and suspicions surrounding a lawsuit between
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Stavely's cynical manipulation of the easily corruptible islanders has been interpreted as an indictment of
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shipwreck. The story was probably also inspired by the life of American adventurer
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against the "galling English yoke", and his coronation as emperor.
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Twain based his story on one sentence in a naval report by
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The Great Revolution in Pitcairn
Mark Twain
Pitcairn Island
filibuster
Mark Twain
filibuster
coup d'état
Pitcairn Islands
Royal Navy
Algernon de Horsey
Joshua Hill
Thursday October Christian II
Elizabeth Mills
chicken
chief magistrate
James Russell Nickoy
U.S. colonialism
cultural imperialism
William Walker (filibuster)
William A. Chanler
The countries of the world
Encyclopedia of American literature of the sea and Great Lakes
ISBN
0-313-30148-4
The Mark Twain Encyclopedia
ISBN
0-8240-7212-X
"The Great Revolution in Pitcairn"
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