5/31/2023 0 Comments Trinity uris![]() ![]() "Exodus" (1958), perhaps his most popular work, was about an American nurse and an Israeli guerrilla fighter who become involved romantically and politically during the fight to establish Israel. Captivated by stories about grit and determination, he saw in the Irish independence movement a similar history of political strife and made it the subject of "Trinity." Uris, a Baltimore native of hardscrabble beginnings, said his Jewish heritage and ardent Zionism inspired many of his books, notably "Exodus" and "Mila 18," but he did not consider himself a writer concerned only with Jewish themes. Leon Uris, 78, who wove history and adventure into mega-selling books such as "Exodus" and "Trinity," which ensured his place as one of the best-known novelists of the past century, died June 21 at his home in Shelter Island, N.Y. ![]()
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