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The Story
Born in New Orleans
Early Childhood
Preoccupied with Desperados
The Move to Detroit
The Storyteller Emerges
So Does the Thinker
Elmore gets a Nickname
High School Football
WWII - Elmore in the Navy
Stationed at Los Negros
Return to Civilian Life
College Years
Hemingway, Bissell and Basie
Making a Living
Writing Chevy Ads
Elmore begins his writing career
A Taste of Things to Come
Writing Career on Hold
Hombre - The Turning Point
In Demand in Hollywood
Elmore Finds His Sound
Cult Literary Status
“An Overnight Success”
A Serious Novelist Who Doesn’t Have to be “Serious”
The Importance of Settings - Detroit and South Florida
Hollywood Finally Gets It
It’s Elmore Leonard Day!
Elmore Being Cool
Research by the Pool -
What’s Funny About this Place?
Elmore at “The Crossroads” Literally
Elmore Writes a Children’s Story
Writing Becomes a Family Business
The Webster Saga - An Autobiographical Journey
Elmore Lays Down the Rules
I Owe It All to Raylan
Djibouti, Djibouti
Enjoying His Life

Biography

WWII - Elmore in the Navy

Freshly graduated from University of Detroit High School, seventeen-year-old Elmore (right) wanted to join the Marines along with a buddy.  It didn’t work out that way and he was commandeered into the Navy and then the Seabees.