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Herman Wouk. Herman Wouk ( / woʊk / WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author who published fifteen novels, many being historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. Other well-known works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (historical novels about World War ...
The Winds of War is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being The Caine Mutiny).Published in 1971, The Winds of War was followed up seven years later by War and Remembrance; originally conceived as one volume, Wouk decided to break it into two volumes when he realized it took nearly 1,000 pages just to get to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Caine Mutiny. The Caine Mutiny is a 1952 Pulitzer Prize -winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains and other officers.
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk.The miniseries, which aired from November 13, 1988, to May 14, 1989, covers the period of World War II from the American entry into World War II immediately after Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the day after the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Wouk was 100 years old when his final book "Sailor and Fiddler," a memoir about his career as a writer and his Jewish faith, was published in December 2015. Herman Wouk, author of 'The Caine ...
Herman Wouk himself was asked about the short story in a questions and answers session published as part of his 2012 novel The Lawgiver; Wouk stated "I read Mr. King's short story and enjoyed it." [6] The story won the 2011 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction. [4]
This Is My God. This is My God is a non-fiction book by Herman Wouk, first published in 1959. The book summarizes many key aspects of Judaism and is intended for both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. The author, who served in the United States Navy and was a Pulitzer Prize –winning novelist, writes from a Modern Orthodox perspective.
Dewey Decimal. 813/.54 19. LC Class. PS3545.O98 I5 1985. Inside, Outside is a 1985 Herman Wouk novel telling the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish family and its travails in Russia and America. The book is a first person (and somewhat autobiographical) narrative told from the viewpoint of Israel David Goodkind, the third of the four ...