Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Charles Bernard Nordhoff was an American novelist best known for co-authoring the "Mutiny on the Bounty" trilogy alongside James Norman Hall. Born in England in 1887 and raised in the United States, Nordhoff served as a pilot in World War I. His experiences and adventures heavily influenced his writing. Nordhoff's collaboration with Hall produced several popular maritime and adventure novels, cementing his legacy in early 20th-century literature.
Book summaries for books written by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Quotes
I'll live my own life and die my own death!
There's a lot of difference between being alone and being lonely.
A man can be born old, but he can't be born wise.
The sea's like a woman, she takes a liking to a man and then she won't let him go.
Honesty is the best policy, but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.
The only things that matter in life are love and work.
Pity is a luxury in which no man engaged in a great enterprise can indulge.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable.
It's better to have a mutiny than to have men become so disheartened that they cease to be of any use to themselves or to me.
There's no law on this ship except what I say.
A man without hope is as good as dead.
Men who are weary of living look for death as a release from their troubles.