J. D. Salinger

Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. A major theme in Salinger's work is the agile and powerful mind of disturbed young men, and the redemptive capacity of children in the lives of such men.

Works

The top level of the outline provides the dates the books were published, and the lower level provides the dates the individual stories were originally published. Uncollected stories are provided at the bottom.

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Many of his stories involved the Glass Family or Holden Caulfield. These are indicated below.

Related Topics:
Many of his stories - Glass Family - Holden Caulfield

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Published and collected

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951) Holden Caulfield
• Nine Stories (1953) Summarized here
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1948) Glass Family - (Seymour's suicide)
• Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (1948) Glass Family - (Explains Walt's death)
• Just Before the War with the Eskimos (1948)
• The Laughing Man (1949)
• Down at the Dinghy (1949) Glass Family (Boo Boo Glass)
• For Esmé with Love and Squalor (1950)
• Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes (1951)
• De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period (1952) -- only story rejected by The New Yorker after he started writing for them
• Teddy (1953) Glass Family
• Franny and Zooey (1961)
• Franny (1955) Glass Family
• Zooey (1957) Glass Family
• (1963)
• Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters (1955) - Glass Family - Seymour's wedding day
• Seymour -- An Introduction (1959) Glass Family - Buddy's biography of Seymour

Published and uncollected

• The Young Folks (1940)
• Go See Eddie (1940)
• The Hang of It (1941)
• The Heart of a Broken Story (1941)
• The Long Debut of Lois Taggett (1942)
• Personal Notes on an Infantryman (1942)
• The Varioni Brothers (1943)
• Both Parties Concerned (1944)
• Soft Boiled Sergeant (1944)
• Last Day of the Last Furlough (1944) Holden Caulfield
• Once a Week Won't Kill You (1944)
• A Boy in France (1945)
• Elaine (1945)
• This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise (1945) Holden Caulfield
• The Stranger (1945)
• I'm Crazy (1945) Holden Caulfield
• Slight Rebellion Off Madison (1946) Holden Caulfield
• A Young Girl in 1941 with No Waist at All (1947)
• The Inverted Forest (1947)
• A Girl I Knew (1948)
• Blue Melody (1948)
• Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965) Glass Family - A letter from Seymour about Buddy, last known Salinger work

See http://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/UncollectedList.html

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Unpublished and uncollected

At Princeton Library

• The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls http://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/BowlingBalls.html (date unknown) Holden Caulfield
• The Last and Best of the Peter Pans http://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/PeterPans.html (date unknown) Holden Caulfield
• The Magic Foxhole (1945)
• Two Lonely Men (1944)
• The Children's Echelon (1944)

See http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/05-00/05-21-00/e01li152.htmhttp://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/Unpublished.html

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At University of Texas at Austin

• Paula (1942)
• Birthday Boy (1947)

See http://killdevilhill.com/salingerchat/read.php?f=26&i=8860&t=8860http://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/Texas.html

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