URIS, LEON

yoorĭsˈ, 1924–2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore, Md. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known for the runaway best seller Exodus (1958), a fictional account of the early history of Israel that was eventually translated into dozens of languages. Meticulously researched, much of his fiction takes place in various historical periods of the 20th cent. His other novels include Battle Cry (1953), The Angry Hills (1955), Mila 18 (1961), Topaz (1967), QB VII (1970), Trinity (1976), The Haj (1984), Redemption (1995), and A God in Ruins (1999). Uris also wrote screenplays, notably for the classic Western Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), and many of his novels were made into films.

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books on: Uris Leon  - 228 results

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Leon Uris: A Critical Companion
Book by Kathleen Shine Cain; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Autobiographical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Uris, Leon--1924---Criticism And Interpretation, War Stories, American--History And Criticism
LEON URIS Photo of Leon Uris by Jerry Bauer. Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers. LEON URIS A Critical Companion Kathleen Shine Cain CRITICAL COMPANIONS...
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Recreating the Past: A Guide to American and World Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults
Book by Lynda G. Adamson; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Children's Literature--Bibliography, Historical Fiction--Juvenile Literature--Bibliography, Young Adult Literature--Bibliography
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Tough Jews: Political Fantasies and the Moral Dilemma of American Jewry
Book by Paul Breines; Basic Books, 1990
Subjects: Jewish Fiction--History And Criticism, Jews In Literature, Jews--United States--Politics And Government, Jews--United States--Psychology, Judaism And Literature--United States--History, National Characteristics, Israeli, Toughness (Personality Trait)
...traced the route of events in Leon Uris novel Exodus ; the next...namely, that of Exodus . Leon Uriss novel, first published...of the Israeli tough Jew. Uris himself was straightforward...the cutting-room floor." Uris adds that he has "shown...
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Princes, Peasants, and Other Polish Selves
Book by Thomas S. Gladsky; University of Massachusetts Press, 1992
Subjects: American Literature--Polish American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Polish Influences, Ethnicity In Literature, National Characteristics, Polish, In Literature, Poland--In Literature, Poles In Literature, Polish Americans In Literature, Polish Americans--Intellectual Life
...brothers attend secret meetings led by Goldstein, a Bakunin disciple. Michael serves on the strike committee; Paul, like Leon Czolgosz the McKinley murderer , attempts to assassinate the mill owner; and Jan leads an armed force of striking immigrants...
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American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle
Book by Gerald Bordman; Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects: Musicals--United States--History And Criticism
...own, more non-Negro materials, and, in cases such as Francis Leon of Kelly and Leons Minstrels, by offering female impersonations...rival performer at the Fifth Avenue Theatre came to life when Leon returned to the stage in "The Grand Dutch S." "Mounted with...
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journal articles on: Uris Leon  - 12 results

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Nations and Novels: Cultural Politics and Literary Use
Journal article by Sarah M. Corse; Social Forces, Vol. 73, 1995
Subjects: Social Problems, Social Service
...Progression AB84 CB84 Michener, James Poland AB84 CB84 Steel, Danielle Full Circle AB84 CB84 Uris, Leon The Haj AB84 Blume, Judy Smart Women AB84 Chastain, Thomas, and B. Adler Who Killed the...
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Exodus as a Zionist Melodrama
Journal article by Rachel Weissbrod; Israel Studies, Vol. 4, 1999
Subjects: Israel, Zionism
...Melodrama INTRODUCTION LEON URISS EXODUS WAS PUBLISHED by Doubleday...primarily for an American audience, Uris appropriated several models which...Movie , 29-30 ( 1982 ). 3. Leon Uris, Cry Battle (New York, 1954 1953...
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Israel through the Jewish-American Imagination: A Survey of Jewish-American Literature on Israel, 1928-1995
Journal article by Amy Weintraub Kratka; MELUS, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination: A Survey of Jewish-American Literature on Israel, 1928-1995 (Book)--Book reviews
...Some writers, like Meyer Levin and Leon Uris, both espoused and challenged the zeitgeist...hand, however, Furman hails Levin and Uris for their prescience, for anticipating...likely to settle in todays Israel (26). Uris, to Furmans mind, is similarly perceptive...
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Reflections on Multiculturalism
Journal article by Alan Singer; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 76, 1994
Subjects: Intercultural education--Social aspects
...with the Holocaust was reading about Jewish resistance in Leon Uris books about the Warsaw Ghetto and, whatever my problems...and an educator, I think this is an important idea. 14. Leon Uris, Mila 18 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1961); idem, Exodus...
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Building an Interconnected Policy-Training-Practice-Research Agenda to Advance School Mental Health
Journal article by Mark D. Weist, Carl E. Paternite; Education & Treatment of Children, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Mental disorders--Care and treatment, Mental disorders--Research, Mental health services--Research, Mental illness--Care and treatment, Mental illness--Research, Psychiatric services--Research, Schools--Research, Schools--Services, Schools--United States, Students--Care and treatment, Students--Psychological aspects, Students--Research
...articles/2005/01/06/17sos.h24.html) Elias, M. J., Gager, P., Leon, S. (1997). Spreading a warm blanket of prevention over all children...Brunner-Routledge. Flaherty, L. T., Garrison, E., Waxman, R., Uris, P., Keyes, S., Siegel, M. G., et al. (1998). Optimizing the...
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Unforgiven: The Rift between a Beleaguered Prime Minister and a Grieving Novelist Mirrors the Division Confounding Israel. Can the Two Men Overcome the Differences That Separate Them? Can Israel Overcome Its Paralysis to Make the Hard Choice Necessary for Its Survival as a Jewish Democracy?
Magazine article by Jeffrey Goldberg; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 301, May 2008
Subjects: Grossman, David (Israeli writer)--Family, Grossman, David (Israeli writer)--Political activity, Israel--Political aspects, Novelists--Family, Novelists--Political activity, Olmert, Ehud--Powers and duties, Prime ministers--Powers and duties
...the casbah of Nablus. I was dreaming Leon Uris dreams, but he was having visions out...has refused to speak to Olmert since Uris death. But Grossman today is critical...private answer is now public; since Uris death, he has not cast aside his opposition...
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Chavez Ravine
Magazine article by Culture Clash; American Theatre, Vol. 20, November 2003
Subjects: Chavez Ravine (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Chavez Ravine (Play)--History, Dramatists, Dramatists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Montoya, Richard--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Playwrights--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Salinas, Ric--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...with her unibrow, laughing like the devil. Those Mexicans, always trying to kill Comrade Leon. (He laughs. Maria is silent) What is wrong Maria, you not like Uris story? MARIA: Its a swell story. Uri, families all over the Ravine are taking the city...
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The Failure of the P.L.O. Leadership
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 246, March 12, 1988
Subjects: Arafat, Yasir--Political activity, Israel--International relations, Palestine Liberation Organization--Political activity
...instructions to soak in the atmosphere of the country and create a novel about it. The book turned out to be Exodus, by Leon Uris. His novel did more to popularize Israel with the American public than any other single presentation through the media...
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The Muslims Are Coming! the Muslims Are Coming!
Magazine article by Daniel Pipes; National Review, Vol. 42, November 19, 1990
Subjects: Islamic countries--International relations, Muslims in Europe--Public opinion, Muslims in the United States--Public opinion, Muslims--Europe, Muslims--Public opinion, Muslims--Social aspects, Muslims--United States
...Hussein "Public Enemy No. 1"), but most look at the Middle East as a whole, if not the entire Muslim world. In 1984, Leon Uris explained that his purpose in writing The Haj, a novel, was to warn the West "that we have an enraged bull of a billion...
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The Good War
Magazine article by Joel Beinin; The Nation, Vol. 278, May 31, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Eve of Destruction: the Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (Book), The Yom Kippur War: the Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East (Book)--Book reviews
...conclusion, Howard Blums The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War is high kitsch that owes more to the Leon Uris school of Israeli history than to any recognized form of scholarship. In Blums historical mythology, contemporary Israel...
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newspaper articles on: Uris Leon  - 14 results

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Showbiz Gossip
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), August 10, 1999
Subjects: Neeson, Liam
...mini-series based on the early years of the IRA. The actor, who was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, is to turn the Leon Uris book Trinity into a six-hour mini-series for the HBO cable network. Neeson, who in 1996 starred as the Irish revolutionary...
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Grapes of Wrath
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 10, 2005
...University of the East). The Manila Times editorialized me a" elevating me with Blas F. Ople, J.V. Cruz, E.A. Cruz, Kit Tatad, Leon Uris, Herman Melville a" in the pantheon of drop-outs. But the big surprise was a hefty box of seedless grapes from Senate...
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Picturing Palestine without Arafat
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 6, 2004
...Israeli-Palestinian conflict scholar. Before Arafat, most of what Americans knew about the region they learned from "Exodus," the Leon Uris novel set against the backdrop of the birth of Israel in the place formerly known as Palestine. "Arafat gave people...
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The Writer Who Coined 'Catch-22' and His Dubious Literary Legacy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 20, 2003
Subjects: Heller, Joseph
...Hellers contemporaries, from Norman Mailer to James Jones and Leon Uris, showed the confusion of military life in that great war...skills but also real passion, which even a writer like Uris was capable of harnessing in a novel like "Battle Cry...
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Blind Date
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 22, 2004
...try to spend lots of time going to festivals and concerts. Favourite film: The Lord Of The Rings. Book: The Haj by Leon Uris. Song: At the moment, its Somewhere Only We Know by Keane, but Bob Marleys Redemption Song is a classic. Personal...
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encyclopedia articles on: Uris Leon  - 1 result

 
 
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Uris, Leon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URIS, LEON yooris , 1924 2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore, Md. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known...Redemption (1995), and A God in Ruins (1999). Uris also wrote screenplays, notably for the classic...


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