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To: Ancesthntr

I’ve read all his books except the most recent. He and Michener are both great WWII writers. No more like that today.


19 posted on 05/17/2019 10:16:20 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: Oldexpat

Add Leon Iris to that list and I agree with you.


67 posted on 05/17/2019 12:28:30 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Oldexpat
He and Michener are both great WWII writers.

I think for both of them their service in the Pacific in the Navy was the experience of their lives (and Wouk's Judaism). Michener's Tales of the South Pacific is fantastic.

94 posted on 05/18/2019 6:31:58 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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