James Norman Hall

James Norman Hall
James Norman Hall
James Norman Hall
Born(1887-04-22)22 April 1887
Colfax, Iowa
Died5 July 1951(1951-07-05) (aged 64)
Tahiti
OccupationNovelist, memoirist
NationalityAmerican
Period1916–1951
GenreAdventure fiction
SubjectWar memoir
Website
www.jamesnormanhallhome.pf/indexen.html

James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) was an American writer best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with Charles Nordhoff: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) and Pitcairn's Island (1934).[1] During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman, and then France and the United States as an aviator. His awards include the Croix de Guerre, the Médaille Militaire, the Légion d'Honneur and the Distinguished Service Cross. After the war, Hall spent much of his life on the island of Tahiti, where he and Nordhoff wrote a number of successful adventure books, many adapted for film. He was also the father of Conrad L. Hall, regarded as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in film history.

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