author
Charles Nordhoff
1887–1947
Best known for the adventurous Bounty trilogy, this American novelist and traveler helped turn a real 18th-century mutiny into one of the classic historical tales of the 20th century. His life abroad, wartime service, and years in the South Pacific gave his writing a vivid sense of place.
3 Audiobooks
Faery Lands of the South Seas
by James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff
Faery Lands of the South Seas
by James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff
The Fledgling
by Charles Nordhoff
About the author
Born in London on February 1, 1887, to American parents, Charles Bernard Nordhoff was raised in the United States and graduated from Harvard in 1909. Before becoming widely known as a novelist, he worked in Mexico and California and later drew on his love of travel in books about the South Seas.
During World War I, he served with the ambulance corps and as an aviator. His wartime experiences led to friendship and later collaboration with James Norman Hall, and together they became famous for a string of popular books.
Nordhoff is most closely associated with Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), followed by Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island, the trilogy that made the story of HMS Bounty famous for generations of readers. He died in California on April 10, 1947, but his adventure-filled historical fiction remains his lasting legacy.