Donn Pearce (b. 1928) is an American author best known for the novel and screen play "Cool Hand Luke". Born Donald Mills Pearce in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA, Pearce left home at 15. He attempted to join the United States Merchant Marine at 16, but was turned away due to his age. He lied about his age, registered for the draft, and was inducted into the United States Army in 1944. Frustrated by rules he considered unnecessary, he went AWOL, … Wikipedia
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Donn Pearce was a counterfeiter and a convict. He was a merchant marine and a safecracker. He was these things before he turned twenty, and then he wrote Cool Hand Luke, was nominated for an Academy Award, went broke, and chased bail www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Esquire/2005/09/01/998589?page=1