On Tuesday, May 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Community Auditorium at the Boothbay Region High School, the Boothbay Region Adult and Community Education Program is hosting Bounty historian Raymond J. Maloney.

Maloney has had a lifelong love affair with the epic adventure of the Bounty. As a boy, he devoured the Nordhoff and Hall novels, built several models of the Bounty, and saw the Charles Laughton/Captain Bligh film many times. Growing up near the water led him to a lifetime of sailing. Duty as a combat fighter pilot and postwar overseas tours, followed by a career in aerospace international marketing, made Maloney a world traveler.

Now returned to his first love, Maloney is involved in research for a book on the Bounty epic. His search has led him to libraries and museums from England to Australia and to the South Pacific islands of Bounty fame.

Connecticut newspapers have published feature articles on his work which have led to numerous lectures, including the Mystic Seaport "Adventure Series" and guest lectures on South Pacific cruise ships. Maloney has also been a guest on radio and television, and appeared in and was technical consultant for an A&E channel documentary film on the Bounty story.

As historian and sailor, he has crewed many times on the Bounty replica. The American Neptune, a maritime history quarterly, published his work on pinpointing the location of the mutiny itself.

Maloney's immense slide collection of the people and places of the Bounty story and his extensive knowledge and enthusiasm make his presentations truly memorable.

Maloney is a member of the Pitcairn Island Study Group and the National Maritime Historical Society.

Prior to his business career, Maloney served eight years in the Air Force and has 3,800 flying hours.

Maloney is a graduate of Yale University and the Cambridge Institute for Business Management. Born in New York City, he now resides in Milford, Connecticut.

This is an evening not to be missed. For more information, call the Adult Education office at 633-3224, visit www.braeonline.org or e-mail brae@ clinic.net.

Admission is $6 at the door.