Leon Uris, whose best-selling novel "Exodus" offered the world a heroic tale of the founding of Israel and an image of Jews as muscular, sunburned avengers, has died at 78. Uris, who died of ...

Leon Uris wasn’t a critic’s darling. But for millions of readers, he was an entree into modern Jewish history. Uris’ books “appeal to people who want a good read,” said Bonnie Lyons, a professor of ...

I was 10 years old when the film version of “Exodus,” Leon Uris’s epic telling of the struggle for the establishment of Israel, opened in Times Square. Going to see it was an event of considerable ...

Leon Uris, who died on Saturday aged 78, gained a huge readership on both sides of the Atlantic with his long novels, notably those about the founding of Israel and the Jews' continuing struggle for ...

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 ...

Leon Uris, the novelist and screenwriter whose best-known works are "Exodus," a popular novel about Jews trying to establish modern Israel, and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," perhaps the archetypal ...