false 42692 11 It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy--and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Leon Uris's blazing novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the compelling of one of the most heroic struggles of modern times. 1437605 1961 Mila 18 total:1538|5:10|4:40|3:14|2:3|1:0| 1538 6397 1853 120 5 1 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 22:54:01 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 22:59:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Mar 31 21:12:29 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 10:22:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 17:40:19 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 17:44:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sat Mar 22 08:43:49 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 08:51:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jun 07 04:39:23 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 04:56:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 30 07:30:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 07:30:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu May 08 18:25:56 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 18:28:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 00:35:11 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 00:38:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Sep 19 14:53:18 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 14:55:38 -0700 2007
I highly recommend it to any fan of Uris, anyone into WWII fiction, or anyone interested in a fictional, but very real account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It is so ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 08 08:50:07 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:50:29 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Wed Dec 03 16:07:14 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 16:08:52 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:38:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:45:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 08 13:54:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 09:56:05 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 17 07:01:32 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 07:18:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 09 09:07:17 -0800 2008 Wed May 06 15:39:12 -0700 2009
My two favorite characters, by far, are Wolf and Rachael. The hopeless romantic in me also loves Andrei and Gabriela, but I think...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 17:50:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 17:53:13 -0700 2009 Exodus which received much more notice and fame. His vivid, detailed account of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw is still the standard of Jewish Holocaust novels. Dov Landau is a particularly favorite character, still vivid even though I read this book 25 yea...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:13:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:27:11 -0700 2009 1. "Evil will destroy itself" (55).
2. "Before you know who you are and where you are going, you must know from where you come" (58).
3. "Truth used at the ri...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 20:28:33 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:16:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 16:54:26 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 16:58:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 03:11:04 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 19:32:04 -0700 2007 more...]]>