They covered much of what several of you have mentioned in this NPR obituary: Herman Wouk, 'The Jackie Robinson Of Jewish-American Fiction,' Dies At 103.

And Jackie Robinson - really?

From the link:

Humphrey Bogart played Queeg in the film, but he wasn't exactly what Wouk had in mind when he wrote the character. In the book, Wouk described the captain as "a small man" with "strands of sandy hair across an almost bald head." In 2004, the author told NPR, "Now Captain Queeg is Humphrey Bogart. There's nothing you can do about it, and I'm perfectly content with [it.] That was one of the great performances, I think, of his career."