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Salinger / David Shields, Shane Salerno.

by Shields, David, 1956- author.

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New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.

9781476744834 :

xvii, 698 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

This biography draws on extensive research and exclusive interviews to share previously undisclosed aspects of the enigmatic writer's life, from his private relationships and service in World War II to his legal concerns and innermost secrets. The icon who disappeared. Raised in Park Avenue privilege, J. D. Salinger sought out combat, surviving five bloody battles of World War II and the liberation of a death camp, and out of that crucible he created a novel, The Catcher in the Rye, which journeyed deep into his own despair and redefined postwar America. For more than fifty years, Salinger has been one of the most elusive figures in American history. All of the attempts to uncover the truth about why he disappeared have been undermined by a lack of access and the recycling of inaccurate information. In the course of a nine-year investigation, and especially in the three years since Salinger's death, the authors have interviewed more than 200 people on five continents (many of whom had previously refused to go on the record) to solve the mystery of what happened to Salinger.--From publisher description.

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