Ebook: Leon Uris: life of a best seller

"American marine, Jewish writer" -- "The truth will rise" -- Eagle, globe, and anchor -- Battle cry at Larkspur -- Hollywood -- Exodus, or, "The book" -- History and resistance -- Love and litigation -- "Short titles, long books, big sales" -- Ireland -- Return -- Russian renewal -- Redemption, or, America redux.;The dramatic story of a novelist whose life constantly provided his best material, this biography of the best-selling author of Exodus, Mila 18, QB VII & Trinity maps the literary landscape of mid-twentieth-century America, the mainstreaming of Jewish writing, and the rise of the celebrity author.