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Sergeant Salinger [179] is a novel by the writer Jerome Charyn, published in 2021 (Bellevue Literary Press), in which the author imagines a fictionalized biography of the young soldier J. D. Salinger in Europe during World War II.
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth press secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential ...
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
It happens all the time: An author/musician/actor dies, and sales of his most famous book/album/film immediately go through the roof. In the case of J.D. Salinger's passing Thursday, we were able ...
As tributes flow in for J.D Salinger, who died Wednesday, so do whispers about one of the greatest mysteries of Salinger's strange career: Why did the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye ...
Joyce was married to Bobby Van from 1968 until Van's death from brain cancer in 1980. [9] In May 1982, Joyce performed at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida. Reclusive author J. D. Salinger attended the opening night of the production to see Joyce and accompany her after the show. [10]
As anyone who pays attention to the market can attest, valuation is a delicate dance. Whether the item in question is gold or stocks, ETFs or commodity futures, pricing a commodity involves a ...
“Unlike many soldiers who had been impatient for the D-Day invasion, Salinger was far from naive (with dots) about war.In stories like ‘Soft-boiled Sergeant” and ‘Last Day of the Last Furlough” he had already expressed disgust with the false idealism applied to combat and attempted to explain that war was a bloody, inglorious affair…” —Biographer Kenneth Slawenski in J. D ...