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    What writer and soldier penned “The March Up Country” that inspired a flick featuring Ajax, Swan and Rembrandt?

    Question #98770. Asked by BRY2K. (Aug 22 08 3:36 AM)


    22crows

    		Xenophon

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon)


    The Warriors is a 1979 cult classic action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick. Much like the novel, the film borrows certain elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_(film)

    Aug 22 08, 4:10 AM

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