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**// "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, //**

**// you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours //**

**// and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. //**

**// That doesn't happen much, though." //**

J.D. Salinger

- Born January 1, 1919

- Raised in Manhattan.

- Attended public schools in Manhattan, then moved to the private McBurney School for ninth and tenth grades. Entered the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA.

- After attending and then dropping out of several colleges, began submitting short stories in 1941. The New Yorker turned many down before accepting “Slight Rebellion of Madison,” a story of a disaffected teenager named Holden Caulfield (in the story, Holden had “pre-war jitters.”)

- Salinger was drafted into the army in the spring of 1942. He was active on Utah Beach during D-Day and in the Battle of the Bulge.

- Salinger was emotionally distressed by his experience in WWII

- //The Catcher in the Rye// was published on July 16, 1951.

- The novel was a commercial success. Reviews and response to the novel were mixed.

- By the late 1950s it was the book every kid needed to have.

- The novel was banned in several countries and many U.S. high schools. Teachers who assigned it were fired or forced to resign.

- Novel has sold more than 65 million copies.

- Salinger rejected many offers to adapt the book to the big screen.

- Salinger moved to Cornish, NH. At first he was sociable, and even gave an interview for a high school newspaper. Salinger soon changed though, and became so private that it has actually added to his mystique. Salinger is one of the world’s most famous recluses.

- Salinger has not published an original work since 1965 and has not been interviewed since 1980.

- Died January 27, 2010