R.I.P Herman Wouk

Author Herman Wouk passed away two days ago at the age of 103. He wrote the Pulitzer Award winning novel The Caine Mutiny. He also wrote Don't Stop the Carnival which Jimmy Buffett turned into a musical. He wrote several other books as well.  His career has been garnered with awards. Highlighted by awards from Columbia University, Yeshiva University, Bar-Ilan University, The United States Navy Memorial Foundation, Jewish Book Council, the Alexander Hamilton Medal, and topped off with Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing Fiction.


                                              News of his passing...

He fell short of reaching his 104th birthday by 10 days. He certainly lived a long life.

Here he speaks of his faith...

Here is the first part of Jimmy Buffett paying tribute to Herman a few years back..

He will be missed. However, he did leave us with some great reads.

Happy Belated Birthday Herman Wouk

A little late, but if you reach 100 that still calls for a celebration!



The 1952 Pulitzer Prize Award winning author is best known for the novel The Caine Mutiny.

His book Don't Stop the Carnival written in 1965 was turned into a short lived musical by Jimmy Buffett. Here Jimmy plays tribute to Wouk at the Library of Congress...

Fittingly I spent his birthday on a pier on the water  somewhere sunny!