Charles Bernard Nordhoff
American novelist best known for his collaborations with James Norman Hall; co-author of adventure novels including 'Mutiny on the Bounty'.
Books
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1. Men Against The Sea
After a violent upheaval aboard their ship, the deposed captain and a handful of loyal sailors are set adrift in a tiny open boat and must rely on relentless seamanship, strict discipline and sheer endurance to survive an epic Pacific voyage; the narrative follows their struggle with storms, scarcity, hostile shores and navigational peril, emphasizing leadership, resourcefulness and the human cost of survival as they battle the elements to reach safety.
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2. Pitcairn's Island
After the famous mutiny, a handful of sailors and their Tahitian companions hide on a remote South Pacific isle where a fragile paradise soon collapses into jealousy, drunkenness, and bloody feuds that leave only a few survivors; over time, the lone remaining men, most notably John Adams, use religion, literacy, and hard-won discipline to remake the wreckage into a stable, moral community that is eventually encountered by a visiting British ship.
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