Charles Bernard Nordhoff
American author
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Charles Nordhoff was an American author, best known for co-writing the novel Mutiny on the Bounty with James Norman Hall. Published in 1932, the novel is a fictionalized account of the actual 1789 mutiny against Captain William Bligh of the HMS Bounty. Nordhoff contributed the Polynesian-themed chapters, while Hall wrote the English sections, with both authors collaborating on the narrative. They also co-authored sequels, Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island, which continued the story of the Bounty crew.1
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