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Scarce Letter From the Co-Author of “Mutiny On The Bounty” & WWI Ace
NORDHOFF, Charles (1887-1947). Served as a pilot in WWI with the French Air Forces and then in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a WWI Ace with 6 recorded victories. Together with James Norman Hall they wrote “Lafayette Flying Corps” (1920) and “Mutiny On The Bounty” (1932). Typed letter signed, one page, 12/8/1941. Choice content Nordhoff writes in part: “...Hall is at present in the south Seas, while I am stopping in California for a few months. It is a pleasure that you enjoyed ‘Botany Bay’. Many thanks also, for your enclosure of Pitcarin Island, which is most interesting. Hall visited the place a good many years ago, but he was prevented from sailing at the last moment, thereby missed a most unpleasant ship-wreck and open boat voyage...” Signed Chas. Nordhoff. Two corrections in his hand. A fine example......... $195.00
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