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  • Herman Wouk, 'The Jackie Robinson Of Jewish-American Fiction,' Dies At 103

    05/17/2019 9:47:02 AM PDT · by Borges · 114 replies
    NPR ^ | 5/17/2019 | ROSE FRIEDMAN
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk has died. Wouk was famous for his sprawling World War II novels, including The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and for his portrayal of Jewish-Americans in the novel Marjorie Morningstar. He died in his sleep today at his home in Palm Springs, Calif. Many people might remember Wouk for a certain incident in involving strawberries in The Caine Mutiny, which became a film in 1954. After having a breakdown at sea, the tyrannical Captain Queeg accuses his crew of stealing a quart of strawberries and becomes obsessed with finding the culprit. Humphrey Bogart...