Charles Nordhoff
Charles Bernard Nordhoff (February 1, 1887 – April 10, 1947) was an American
novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for ''
The Bounty Trilogy'', three historical novels he wrote with
James Norman Hall: ''
Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1932), ''
Men Against the Sea'' (1934) and ''
Pitcairn's Island'' (1934). During
World War I, he served as a driver in the
Ambulance Corps as well as an aviator in both the
French Air Force's
Lafayette Flying Corps and the
United States Army Air Service, reaching the rank of
lieutenant. After the war, Nordhoff spent much of his life on the island of
Tahiti, where he and Hall wrote a number of successful adventure books, many adapted for film.
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