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A revealing letter signed by J.D. Salinger, all relating to the impending publication of Franny and Zooey. Salinger wrote this letter just over a month before Franny and Zooey was published, as he received the corrected proofs. 1 page, typed and signed in his hand in full, "J.D. Salinger" to his publisher. In it, he attempts to convince Little, Brown that the most authentic running heads for "Franny" and "Zooey," would be with the individual titles, rather than the full Franny and Zooey. He argues in true Salinger fashion, "I really can't see, at all, why an appropriate running head for a short story need appear to be anything except what it is." In 1955 and 1957, "Franny" and then "Zooey," two stories about the youngest members of the Glass family, were released separately in the New Yorker. In July of 1961 they became the two-part book, Franny and Zooey. Through the publication process, Salinger fought to keep creative control. Since Little, Brown first championed…

Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J.D. Salinger which comprises his short story 'Franny' and novella 'Zooey'. The two works were published together as a book in 1961, but 'Franny' came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and 'Zooey' in 1957. The book revolves around the Glass family, particularly Franny and Zooey Glass, two of the youngest members of the family. These works delve into issues of existentialism, spirituality, and the quest for authenticity.