Williwaw.

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"williwaw: noun A violent gust of cold wind blowing seaward from a mountainous coast"

Courtesy Esteban a listing of a dozen American authors all having made their fame and fortune through the publishing of what is deemed the "Great American Novel". . Particularly so in all cases here the "Great American Novel" as based on personnel experiences [in part or in whole] from the Second World War.

"The Great American Novel (sometimes abbreviated as GAN) is a canonical novel that is thought to embody the essence of America, generally written by an American and dealing in some way with the question of America's national character."

1. John Hersey (b. 1914).

2. Gore Vidal (b. 1925).

Author of "Williwaw".

3. James Michener (b. 1907).

4. Norman Mailer (b. 1923).

5. James Gould Cozzens (b. 1903).

6. Irwin Shaw (b. 1913).

7. James Jones (b. 1921).

8. J.D. Salinger (b. 1919).

9. Herman Wouk (b. 1915).

10. William Styron (b. 1925).

11. Joseph Heller (b. 1923).

12. Kurt Vonnegut (b. 1922).

Within context see a much prior blog entry the novel of a historical nature dealing with the subject of war.

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