![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although he went on to write several more bestsellers, it is this novel, Exodus, that justifies two new scholarly books, M. Yet, in 1956, after having written two bestsellers set in World War II, Uris decided to write a novel about the origins of the State of Israel. Nor did he have a bar mitzvah ceremony and, as an adult never observed any Jewish holidays. bill and, unlike nearly four out of every five young Jews in postwar America, never went to college. After serving bravely and honorably against the Japanese at Gaudalcanal and at Tarawa, he did not take advantage of the G.I. University of Texas Press, 352 pp., $27.95Ĭan any modern Jewish literary career have been less likely than that of Leon Uris?īefore dropping out of high school to join the Marines, he flunked English three times. Wayne State University Press, 266 pp., $29.95 Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story ![]()
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