The Sound of Young America: Elmore Leonard

3rd July 2007

Elmore Leonard is one of America’s most treasured and acclaimed writers of popular fiction. He’s written 41 novels, having started writing westerns for magazines in the 50s. His latest, “Up in Honey’s Room,” is set on the homefront during World War II, a war of which Leonard is himself a veteran. You might also enjoy […]

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Elmore Leonard is one of America’s most treasured and acclaimed writers of popular fiction. He’s written 41 novels, having started writing westerns for magazines in the 50s. His latest, “Up in Honey’s Room,” is set on the homefront during World War II, a war of which Leonard is himself a veteran.

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