Charles Nordhoff

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Charles Bernard Nordhoff (February 1, 1887-April 10, 1947), an American novelist and traveler, born in England, was born in England.

Early life

Charles Nordhoff was born in London, England, on February 1, 1887, to American parents. Walter Nordhoff, a wealthy businessman and author of The Journey of the Flame, penned the phrase "Antonio de Fierro Blanco" as his father. Sarah Cope Whitall, his mother, was of Pennsylvania Quaker stock. Nordhoff's parents returned to the United States with him in 1889, first in Pennsylvania, then Rhode Island, and finally settled in California by 1898.

Charles Nordhoff, a journalist and author of non-fiction books, was Charles Nordhoff, Charles Nordhoff, Charles Nordhoff's grandfather. Nordhoff himself demonstrated an early interest in writing. His first published work was an article in an ornithological journal that was published in 1902, when he was just fifteen years old. He started Stanford University at seventeen years, but then went to Harvard after one year.

Nordhoff worked for his father's companies until he was 1909, first working in Mexico as an executive of a tile and brick company in Redlands, California. He left in 1916, joined the Ambulance Corps, and went to France. In the Lafayette Flying Corps, he served as a pilot for other American expatriates. He served in the United States Army Air Service as a lieutenant in World War I.

Nordhoff lived in Paris, France, where he worked as a reporter and wrote his first book, The Fledgling, after leaving the service. In 1919, James Norman Hall, a former Lafayette Squadron pilot who also served as an author and journalist, was asked to write a history of the unit. During the war, neither man knew the other was there. The Lafayette Flying Corps, the company's first literary collaboration, was published in 1920.

The two authors returned to the United States after being granted a grant by Harper's Magazine to write travel reports set in the South Pacific. They went to Tahiti in the Society Islands for study and inspiration, and they ended up staying Nordhoff for 20 years and Hall for life. In Harper's second book, Faery Lands of the South Seas, was serialized in 1920–21 and then released in book form.

Christianne Valiant Tua Tearae Smidt, a Tahitian woman with whom he had four children and two sons, married Nordhoff. For ten years, he wrote novels on his own, of which The Derelict (1928) was his best solo effort. During the 1920s and early 1930s, Nordhoff and Hall began to write travel and adventure articles for The Atlantic. They also co-authored another book on World War I, Falcons of France (1929). It was Hall who suggested that they study The Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934), and Pitcairn's Island (1934).

Nordhoff, who will write in the mornings and spend the afternoons fishing, also shared how he and James Hall collaborated together. They began making charts of all the characters and then dole out the chapters to each other. Each attempted to write in the other's style in order to create a smooth narrative for their joint projects.

Nordhoff and Hall's most popular book after The Bounty Trilogy (1936) was The Hurricane (1936). They continued to write books together until 1945. In Yankee Windjammers (1940), a retelling of the ships, sailors, and way of life about which his grandfather had written, Nordhoff wrote one more.

Nordhoff divorced his first wife in 1936, moved to Tahiti a few years later, and then back to California, where he married Laura Grainger Althoughy in 1941. During WWII, he had the privilege of owning the SS Charles Nordhoff, a liberty ship built in Portland, Oregon, and named after him.

On April 10, 1947, Bernard Nordhoff died alone at his Montecito, California home. Tod Ford, who had called on him to work on their computer, discovered his body the next morning. The death was described as a "apparent heart attack," according to newspapers at the time. He had been drinking heavily, was angry, and may have committed suicide, according to later accounts. He is buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Redlands, California.

Later life

Nordhoff married Laura Grainger Whiley in 1941, divorced his first wife in 1936, left Tahiti a few years later, and returned to California. He had the privilege of owning SS Charles Nordhoff, which was built in Portland, Oregon, in 1943, named after him during World War II.

On April 10, 1947, Bernard Nordhoff died alone at his Montecito, California home. Tod Ford, who had called on him to work on their book, discovered his body the next morning. The death was described as a "apparent heart attack," according to newspaper at the time. He had been drinking heavily, was depressed, and may have committed suicide, according to later reports. He is buried in the Redlands, California, Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Writing career

Nordhoff remained in Paris, France, where he worked as a journalist and wrote his first book, The Fledgling, after leaving the service. In 1919, James Norman Hall, a former Lafayette Squadron pilot and also a writer and journalist, was asked to write a history of the unit. During the war, neither man knew the other. In 1920, Lafayette Flying Corps, their first literary collaboration, was published.

The two writers returned to the United States, sharing a rented house on Martha's Vineyard, until Harper's Magazine awarded them a commission to write travel articles set in the South Pacific. They travelled to Tahiti for study and inspiration, but they ended up staying Nordhoff for twenty years, Hall for Life. Faery Lands of the South Seas, Harper's second book, was serialized in 1920–21 and then published in book form.

Christianne Vaine Tua Tearae Smidt, a Tahitian woman with four children and two sons, was Nordhoff's fourth daughter and two sons. For ten years, he wrote novels on his own, of which The Derelict (1928) was his best solo effort. Nordhoff and Hall continued to write travel and adventure articles for The Atlantic in the 1920s and early 1930s. They also co-authored a new biography of World War I, Falcons of France (1929). It was Hall who suggested they work on The Bounty Trilogy (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934), and Pitcairn's Island (1934).

Nordhoff, who would write in the mornings and spend the afternoons fishing, once described how he and James Hall worked together. They started with charts of all the characters and then would dole out the chapters to each other. Both authors attempted to write in the other's style in order to create a smooth narrative.

Nordhoff and Hall's most popular book after The Bounty Trilogy (1936) was The Hurricane (1936). They wrote novels together until 1945. In Yankee Windjammers (1940), a retelling of the ships, sailors, and way of life about which his grandfather wrote, Nordhoff wrote one more solo book.

Nordhoff divorced his first wife in 1936, left Tahiti a few years later and re-elects California, where he married Laura Grainger Whiley in 1941. During World War II, he had the privilege of owning SS Charles Nordhoff, which was built in Portland, Oregon, and named after him.

On April 10, 1947, Charles Bernard Nordhoff died alone at his Montecito, California home. Tod Ford, who had called on him to work on their book, discovered his body the next morning. The death was described as a "apparent heart attack," according to newspapers at the time. He had been drinking heavily, was depressed, and may have committed suicide, according to later reports. He is buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Redlands, California.

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