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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). [1]
Charles Nordhoff (31 August 1830 – 14 July 1901 [1]) was an American journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer. Biography. He was born in Erwitte, Kingdom of Prussia, in 1830, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1835. He was educated in Cincinnati, and apprenticed to a printer in 1843.
Charles Nordhoff has 190 books on Goodreads with 428 ratings. Charles Nordhoff’s most popular book is The Communistic Societies of the United States: Eco...
Learn about Charles Nordhoff, a Prussian-born journalist and author who wrote books based on his experiences as an American sailor. Find his biography, bibliography, and references in The Oxford Companion to American Literature.
The Bounty Trilogy is a book comprising three novels by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. It relates events prior to, during and subsequent to the Mutiny on the Bounty. The three novels, previously published separately, are:— Mutiny on the Bounty, first published 1932. Men Against the Sea, first published 1933.
In The Bounty Trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, the preface tells the reader how, based on actual events, each of the three volumes will end. But despite knowing how the stories conclude, the journeys to their endings are fascinating.
Though Nordhoff did in fact author several books, articles, and essays on his own, he is most well known and acclaimed for his collaboration with Hall on their legendary trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island.
