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James Norman Hall

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American author (1887-1951)

United StatesWritersLived 1887 to 1951 · aged 64
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James Norman Hall was an American writer best known for The Bounty Trilogy, a series of historical novels co-authored with Charles Bernard Nordhoff: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934), and Pitcairn's Island (1934).

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James Norman Hall, circa mid-1917 to early 1918, during his service with the Aéronautique Militaire as part of the Lafayette Escadrille.James Norman Hall, circa mid-1917 to early 1918, during his service with the Aéronautique Militaire as part of the Lafayette Escadrille.Hall standing beside a French SPAD fighter during his service in the Aéronautique Militaire, circa mid-1917 to early 1918Hall standing beside a French SPAD fighter during his service in the Aéronautique Militaire, circa mid-1917 to early 1918The wreckage of Hall’s aircraft after being shot down over German lines on May 7, 1918. The handwritten caption on the reverse reads: "J. N. Hall's machine fallen inside the German lines." Photograph by an unidentified German photographer, circa May 1918. From the Ellery Sedgwick photograph collection.The wreckage of Hall’s aircraft after being shot down over German lines on May 7, 1918. The handwritten caption on the reverse reads: "J. N. Hall's machine fallen inside the German lines." Photograph by an unidentified German photographer, circa May 1918. From the Ellery Sedgwick photograph collection.Hall with fellow Allied prisoners at a German prison camp in Landshut, Bavaria, October 1918. Hall sent this photograph to his editor at The Atlantic Monthly, Ellery Sedgwick, with the handwritten note: "To Mr. Sedgwick with all good wishes from the Kriegsgefangener, Landshut, Bavaria. Jamie Hall, October 1918.”Hall with fellow Allied prisoners at a German prison camp in Landshut, Bavaria, October 1918. Hall sent this photograph to his editor at The Atlantic Monthly, Ellery Sedgwick, with the handwritten note: "To Mr. Sedgwick with all good wishes from the Kriegsgefangener, Landshut, Bavaria. Jamie Hall, October 1918.”Edward Penfield poster for Hall's memoir, High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France (1918)Edward Penfield poster for Hall's memoir, High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France (1918)

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Distinguished Service Cross

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Gigi PerreauAlso in High Barbaree (1947)Jerome CowanAlso in The Hurricane (1937)Mary GordonAlso in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Victor FrancenAlso in The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)Charles NordhoffAlso in The Hurricane (1937)C. Aubrey SmithAlso in The Hurricane (1937)

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James Norman Hall was an American writer best known for The Bounty Trilogy, a series of historical novels co-authored with Charles Bernard Nordhoff: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934), and Pitcairn's Island (1934). During World War I, Hall uniquely served in the armed forces of three Allied nations - Great Britain as an infantryman, and later France and the United States as an aviator. His wartime honors include the Croix de Guerre, the Médaille Militaire, the Légion d'Honneur, and the Distinguished Service Cross. After the war, he settled in Tahiti, where he and Nordhoff wrote a number of successful adventure novels, many of which were adapted into films. He was also the father of Conrad L. Hall, a three-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1887 to 1951 · aged 64
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