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1948
THE YOUNG LIONS
Irwin Shaw
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THE YOUNG LIONS

by Irwin Shaw

Random House · 1948

Peak rank

#1

Weeks on list

34

Weeks at #1

4

Chart History

#15101519481949

34 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, including 4 weeks at #1

Traces three young men, two Americans and one German, from 1938 to 1945 after they meet as soldiers in a Bavarian forest in World War II.

All Appearances

5NEWOctober 24, 1948wk 1
5—October 31, 1948wk 2
1↑4November 7, 1948wk 3
2↓1November 14, 1948wk 4
2—November 21, 1948wk 5
1↑1November 28, 1948wk 6
1—December 5, 1948wk 7
1—December 12, 1948wk 8
2↓1December 19, 1948wk 9
2—December 26, 1948wk 10
3↓1January 2, 1949wk 11
3—January 9, 1949wk 12

Details

Published
1948
Pages
712
Publisher
Random House
Categories
World War, 1939-1945

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