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David Westheimer (April 11, 1917 in Houston, Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.
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Nov 12, 2005 · David Westheimer, a bestselling novelist whose most successful work -- "Von Ryan's Express" -- drew on his experiences as a World War II prisoner of war and was made into a popular movie that...
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David Westheimer. born Houston, Texas: 11 April 1917. died Los Angeles, California: 8 November 2005. works (highly selected) Lighter Than a Feather (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1971) [hb/] Downfall (New York: Bantam Books, 1972) [vt of the above: pb/]
This collection relates to David Westheimer who served as a 1st Lieutenant Navigator on a B-24 Bomber with the 457th Bomb Group during World War II and was shot down over Italy where he became a POW. This collection consists of an oral history transcript of David Westheimer.
Westheimer was a novelist best known for his books Von Ryan's Express and My Sweet Charlie. A 1937 graduate of Rice University, his early career was devoted to journalism. He was working for the Houston Post when America entered World War II, and he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Mini Bio. Novelist David Westheimer wrote "Von Ryan's Express" (made into a film, Von Ryan's Express (1965) ) with Frank Sinatra ), "My Sweet Charlie" (adapted into a play which was staged on Broadway and then turned into a TV movie, My Sweet Charlie (1970) , starring Patty Duke, who won an Emmy Award), "Summer on the Water," "Sitting It Out ...
