Aug 3, 2008

"Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris"

(Wikipedia) - Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.
... Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. ... Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, but never graduated from high school, having failed English three times. Continued


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