Charles Nordhoff (Author of The Communistic Societies of the United States)
Charles Nordhoff

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Charles Nordhoff


Born
in Erwitte, Germany
August 31, 1830

Died
July 14, 1901

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This describes the 19th century journalist and author. For the 20th century novelist most famous for Mutiny on the Bounty, see Charles Bernard Nordhoff.

Charles Nordhoff was an American journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer.

He was born in Erwitte, Germany (Prussia) in 1830, and emigrated to the USA in 1845. He was educated in Cincinnati, and was for nine years at sea, in the navy and merchant service; from 1853 to 1857 in various newspaper offices; was then employed editorially by the Harpers (1861), and for the next ten years on the staff of the New York Evening Post.

From 1871 to 1873 Nordhoff travelled in California and visited Hawaii. He then became Washington correspondent of the New York Herald. His most widely known books ar
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The Communistic Societies o...

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Man-of-war Life: A Boy's Ex...

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Northern California, Oregon...

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California for Travellers a...

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1873 — 6 editions
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Sailor life on Man of War a...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1884 — 20 editions
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Les révoltés de la Bounty -...

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In Yankee Windjammers

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Whaling and Fishing (Notabl...

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The Light-houses of the Uni...

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God and the future life: th...

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“The Court: Had there been a very recent quarrel?
Mr. Fryer: The day before the mutiny, Mr. Bligh charged Christian with stealing his coconuts.”
Charles Nordhoff, Mutiny on the Bounty

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