Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)
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Elmore John Leonard, Jr. 10/11/25 -- 8/20/13 Elmore John Leonard, Jr., popularly known as mystery and western writer Elmore Leonard, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 11, 1925. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He received a Ph.D. in English from the vis mere University of Detroit in 1950. After graduating, he wrote short stories and western novels as well as advertising and education film scripts. In 1967, he began to write full-time and received several awards including the 1977 Western Writers of America award and the 1984 Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award. His other works include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rum Punch. Many of his works were adapted into movies. Library of America recently announced plans to publish the first of a three-volume collection of his books beginning in the Fall of 2014. Leonard died on August 20, 2013 from complications of a stroke he had earlier. He was 87 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Four Novels of the 1970s: Fifty-Two Pickup / Swag / Unknown Man No. 89 / The Switch (2014) 144 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard: Four Novels of the 1980s: City Primeval / LaBrava / Glitz / Freaky Deaky (Library of America) (2015) 101 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels: Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues (The Library of America) (2016) 99 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard: Westerns: Last Stand at Saber River / Hombre / Valdez is Coming / Forty Lashes Less One / Stories (The… (2018) 92 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard's Double Dutch Treat: Three Novels: The Moonshine War, Gold Coast, City Primevil (1986) 49 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1: Bounty Hunters; Forty Lashes Less One; Gunsights (1998) 40 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2: Escape from Five Shadows; Last Stand at Saber River; The Law at Randado (1998) 35 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard Raylan Givens 3-Book Collection: Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole (2012) 34 eksemplarer
Elmore Leonard Classic 3-Book Collection: Get Shorty, Tishomingo Blues, Killshot (2012) 17 eksemplarer
Healthy Meal Plan Beginner: Live Long With Healthy Food, For Loose weight Change Your Meal Plan Today. Everyday Recipes… 3 eksemplarer
Get Shorty: Season 1 2 eksemplarer
Louly and Pretty Boy 2 eksemplarer
Spel om annans liv 2 eksemplarer
El Blues del Misisipí 1 eksemplar
Último Posto no Rio Sabre 1 eksemplar
Han kallades Hombre... 1 eksemplar
Os Caçadores de Recompensas 1 eksemplar
Gunfights; book two: Forty lashes less one 1 eksemplar
שודדים 1 eksemplar
Nepoznati br. 89 1 eksemplar
Fire in the Hole Novella (Raylan 2.5) 1 eksemplar
Um Bom Argumento 1 eksemplar
The Hard Way 1 eksemplar
Fuga de Cinco Sombras 1 eksemplar
D'un coup, d'un seul : roman 1 eksemplar
Duelo Final 1 eksemplar
צייד החתולים 1 eksemplar
Notebooks 1 eksemplar
Elmore Leonard, The Colonel's Lady and No Man's Gun : Unabridged Stories from The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1999) 1 eksemplar
Hot Shot 1 eksemplar
Leonard Elmore 1 eksemplar
Three-ten To Yuma [short story] 1 eksemplar
Thriller. Florida- Fieber / Im Schutz des hellichten Tages / Lone Star. Drei ungekürzte Romane. (1997) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
NCTM: "The Odyssey" (in Naked Came the Manatee) 1 eksemplar
The Kid 1 eksemplar
Karen Sisco (Season 1) 1 eksemplar
Line of Sight 1 eksemplar
Ingen titel 1 eksemplar
Djibouti, The Hot Kid, Be Cool, Touch 1 eksemplar
For Something to Do 1 eksemplar
סחיטה 1 eksemplar
Crianças pagãs 1 eksemplar
Four Novels of the 80s 1 eksemplar
part didn't care for it Killshot 1 eksemplar
"Romovyi punsh". "Pronto"/ - Detektivnye romaNY 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Bidragyder — 452 eksemplarer
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Bidragyder — 186 eksemplarer
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Bidragyder — 72 eksemplarer
Time-Life Book Digest: Get Shorty | Four Past Midnight | Wings of the Morning | The Langoliers (1990) — Bidragyder — 30 eksemplarer
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Bidragyder — 30 eksemplarer
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Leonard, Elmore
- Juridisk navn
- Leonard Jr., Elmore John
- Andre navne
- Leonard, Elmore John, Jr. (birth name)
- Fødselsdato
- 1925-10-11
- Dødsdag
- 2013-08-20
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- VS
- Fødested
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Dødssted
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
- Dødsårsag
- stroke complications
- Bopæl
- Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Bloomfield Village, Michigan, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Detroit (BA|1950)
- Erhverv
- copywriter
short-story writer
novelist
screenwriter - Relationer
- Leonard, Peter (zoon)
- Organisationer
- Chevrolet
Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency
United States Navy (WWII) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Cartier Diamond Dagger 2006
- Agent
- Andrew Wylie (The Wylie Agency)
- Kort biografi
- Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; the family moved frequently for several years. In 1934, the family settled in Detroit.
He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943 and joined the Navy. He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy. A year before he graduated, he got a job as a copy writer with Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency, a position he kept for several years, writing on the side.
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The best way to describe this book is "movie-ish". And yes! It was made into the movie "Jackie Brown." (which is on my 'to watch' list.
Getting back to the book, it is more plot-driven than character-driven. The plot seems like it would translate better to the screen than to the page. It has a lot of action, with twists, turns, double-crosses, and some events that seem random. Some of the writing was awkward.
Overall, a quick, fun read. Not too deep. *Three stars...I liked it but didn't love it.… (mere)
Getting back to the book, it is more plot-driven than character-driven. The plot seems like it would translate better to the screen than to the page. It has a lot of action, with twists, turns, double-crosses, and some events that seem random. Some of the writing was awkward.
Overall, a quick, fun read. Not too deep. *Three stars...I liked it but didn't love it.… (mere)
This was an excellent book. Great character development, lots of action. The book grabbed me from the first page and held my interest all the way through. I've read and enjoyed a lot of Elmore Leonard's books, but this is the first western of his I've read, and I've never been a fan of westerns but this book has created a desire in me to read some more from that genre. The motivations of the book's characters were believable and I found myself caring about what happened to them. That's something that's hard to find with most books. For anyone else who enjoys this type of book (adventure, one man against overwhelming odds), I would recommend Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour, and Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow.… (mere)
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And I loved it all.
Then, I pretty much finished everything I had by Leonard and he passed away. And the world lost a brilliant writer. I was so bummed, I don't think I've read any of his books since he passed, almost 11 (!) years ago.
So, it was high time to read some more. This was one I'd somehow missed from his catalogue and, while it's not his absolute best, man, it was refreshing to dive into Leonard's characters, his incredible dialogue, and his "everyone's out to screw everyone else" plots.
His books are simply fun. Filled with people you immediately recognize and either love or loathe.
I've gotta read some more Leonard.… (mere)