James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) was an American author best known for the novelMutiny on the Bounty with co-author Charles Nordhoff. During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman and then flying for France and later the United States.
Biography
Hall was born in Colfax, Iowa, where he attended the local schools. Hall graduated from Grinnell College in 1910 and became a social worker in Boston, Massachusetts, while trying to establish himself as a writer and studying for a Master's degree from Harvard University.
Hall was on vacation in the United Kingdom in the summer of 1914, when World War I began. Posing as a Canadian, he enlisted in the British Army, serving in the Royal Fusiliers as a machine gunner during the Battle of Loos. He was discharged after his true nationality was discovered, and he returned to the United States and wrote his first book, Kitchener's Mob (1916), recounting his wartime experiences. Kitchener's Mob sold moderately well in America following its publication and after a speaking tour to promote the book, Hall returned to Europe in 1916 on assignment with Atlantic Monthly Magazine. He was to have written a series of stories about the group of American volunteers serving in the Lafayette Escadrille, but after spending some time with the American fliers Hall himself became caught up in the adventure and enlisted in the French Air Service. By then the original Escadrille had been expanded to the Lafayette Flying Corps, which trained American volunteers to serve in regular French squadrons.
Jim Markson reads James Norman Hall: "Battle frenzy, a temporary madness"
U.S. Army veteran Jim Markson reads from James Norman Hall's WWI memoir "Kitchener’s Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army," and relates it to his own experiences during the Vietnam War.
Markson is the co-author, with Jenny La Sala, of "Vietnam & Beyond: Veteran Reflections" (Trafford Publishing, 2015), a combination of his letters home from Vietnam with later reflections on his tour of duty. Markson's father was a twice-wounded veteran of World War I.
Part of "World War I and America," a Library of America initiative presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and support from The National Endowment for the Humanities.
More videos, information at: http://ww1america.org/
published: 09 Nov 2016
La maison James Norman Hall fête ses 100 ans
C’est l’une des plus anciennes et illustres demeure en Polynésie. Le pays en a fait un musée. La maison de James Norman Hall à Arue a traversé un siècle d’histoire et célèbre aujourd'hui ses 100 ans. Kate Feist Hal a ouvert les portes de sa maison d’enfance à Esther Parau Cordette.
published: 09 Aug 2022
HIGH ADVENTURE by James Norman Hall, Read by Andre Devin (Preview)
" I saw the German. He was about four hundred meters below me. He couldn't have seen me, I think, because he kept straight on. I dove, but I didn't open fire until I could have a nearer view of his black crosses.
I wanted to be sure."
War in the sky for the first time in history! The first military Air Force, the French Lafayette Escadrille, accepts Americans to train and serve as pilots prior to America's entry into World War One.
James Norman Hall, one of these young men, describes his frightening experiences flying over enemy lines, and his soul searching when commanded to kill. He recounts his training in a French flight school on wooden bi-planes, his warm friendships with other trainees and crash landing in German territory.
After this period in his life, Hall eventually...
published: 31 Oct 2013
Portraits de Polynésie - Saison 2 - Episode 19 : James Norman Hall
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published: 16 Oct 2017
Chambre de James Norman Hall
visite de la chambre
published: 03 Nov 2009
James Norman Hall, pilote de l'escadrille Lafayette
U.S. Army veteran Jim Markson reads from James Norman Hall's WWI memoir "Kitchener’s Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army," and relates it to ...
U.S. Army veteran Jim Markson reads from James Norman Hall's WWI memoir "Kitchener’s Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army," and relates it to his own experiences during the Vietnam War.
Markson is the co-author, with Jenny La Sala, of "Vietnam & Beyond: Veteran Reflections" (Trafford Publishing, 2015), a combination of his letters home from Vietnam with later reflections on his tour of duty. Markson's father was a twice-wounded veteran of World War I.
Part of "World War I and America," a Library of America initiative presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and support from The National Endowment for the Humanities.
More videos, information at: http://ww1america.org/
U.S. Army veteran Jim Markson reads from James Norman Hall's WWI memoir "Kitchener’s Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army," and relates it to his own experiences during the Vietnam War.
Markson is the co-author, with Jenny La Sala, of "Vietnam & Beyond: Veteran Reflections" (Trafford Publishing, 2015), a combination of his letters home from Vietnam with later reflections on his tour of duty. Markson's father was a twice-wounded veteran of World War I.
Part of "World War I and America," a Library of America initiative presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and support from The National Endowment for the Humanities.
More videos, information at: http://ww1america.org/
C’est l’une des plus anciennes et illustres demeure en Polynésie. Le pays en a fait un musée. La maison de James Norman Hall à Arue a traversé un siècle d’histo...
C’est l’une des plus anciennes et illustres demeure en Polynésie. Le pays en a fait un musée. La maison de James Norman Hall à Arue a traversé un siècle d’histoire et célèbre aujourd'hui ses 100 ans. Kate Feist Hal a ouvert les portes de sa maison d’enfance à Esther Parau Cordette.
C’est l’une des plus anciennes et illustres demeure en Polynésie. Le pays en a fait un musée. La maison de James Norman Hall à Arue a traversé un siècle d’histoire et célèbre aujourd'hui ses 100 ans. Kate Feist Hal a ouvert les portes de sa maison d’enfance à Esther Parau Cordette.
" I saw the German. He was about four hundred meters below me. He couldn't have seen me, I think, because he kept straight on. I dove, but I didn't open fire u...
Toutes les infos de tahiti et ses îles sont sur www.polynesie1ere.fr et sur Facebook @polynesie1ere.officiel
Emissions radio et TV en #replay, LIVE, reportages...
Toutes les infos de tahiti et ses îles sont sur www.polynesie1ere.fr et sur Facebook @polynesie1ere.officiel
Emissions radio et TV en #replay, LIVE, reportages... Des centaines de vidéos à revoir et à partager 24h/24 et 7j/7 !
Toutes les infos de tahiti et ses îles sont sur www.polynesie1ere.fr et sur Facebook @polynesie1ere.officiel
Emissions radio et TV en #replay, LIVE, reportages... Des centaines de vidéos à revoir et à partager 24h/24 et 7j/7 !
U.S. Army veteran Jim Markson reads from James Norman Hall's WWI memoir "Kitchener’s Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army," and relates it to his own experiences during the Vietnam War.
Markson is the co-author, with Jenny La Sala, of "Vietnam & Beyond: Veteran Reflections" (Trafford Publishing, 2015), a combination of his letters home from Vietnam with later reflections on his tour of duty. Markson's father was a twice-wounded veteran of World War I.
Part of "World War I and America," a Library of America initiative presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and support from The National Endowment for the Humanities.
More videos, information at: http://ww1america.org/
C’est l’une des plus anciennes et illustres demeure en Polynésie. Le pays en a fait un musée. La maison de James Norman Hall à Arue a traversé un siècle d’histoire et célèbre aujourd'hui ses 100 ans. Kate Feist Hal a ouvert les portes de sa maison d’enfance à Esther Parau Cordette.
Toutes les infos de tahiti et ses îles sont sur www.polynesie1ere.fr et sur Facebook @polynesie1ere.officiel
Emissions radio et TV en #replay, LIVE, reportages... Des centaines de vidéos à revoir et à partager 24h/24 et 7j/7 !
James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) was an American author best known for the novelMutiny on the Bounty with co-author Charles Nordhoff. During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman and then flying for France and later the United States.
Biography
Hall was born in Colfax, Iowa, where he attended the local schools. Hall graduated from Grinnell College in 1910 and became a social worker in Boston, Massachusetts, while trying to establish himself as a writer and studying for a Master's degree from Harvard University.
Hall was on vacation in the United Kingdom in the summer of 1914, when World War I began. Posing as a Canadian, he enlisted in the British Army, serving in the Royal Fusiliers as a machine gunner during the Battle of Loos. He was discharged after his true nationality was discovered, and he returned to the United States and wrote his first book, Kitchener's Mob (1916), recounting his wartime experiences. Kitchener's Mob sold moderately well in America following its publication and after a speaking tour to promote the book, Hall returned to Europe in 1916 on assignment with Atlantic Monthly Magazine. He was to have written a series of stories about the group of American volunteers serving in the Lafayette Escadrille, but after spending some time with the American fliers Hall himself became caught up in the adventure and enlisted in the French Air Service. By then the original Escadrille had been expanded to the Lafayette Flying Corps, which trained American volunteers to serve in regular French squadrons.
Out there on my own Living the life I knew to live Juggling things from my past That I must teach myself to forget But He came right there Leaning on me and answering prayer Every time I'm discouraged Every time I'm discouraged I remember that He took my place It should've been me Dying there on Calvary He took my place So why should I cry Because of His sacrafice I have a right to life I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad He took my place Out there on my own Living the life I knew to live Juggling things from my past That I must teach myself to forget But He came right there Leaning on me and answering prayer Every time I'm discouraged Every time I'm discouraged I remember that He took my place It should've been me Dying there on Calvary He took my place So why should I cry Because of His sacrafice I have a right to life I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad He took my place VAMP 1: He took my place He took my place VAMP: