Books

Salinger, J.D. [Jerome David]. Typed letter signed by J.D. Salinger as “Jerry” with an accompanying, unpublished Hand Annotated typed draft for the dust jacket for Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour: An Introduction. Dated Sept. 10, 1962. This letter is part a correspondence between Salinger and his publisher at Little, Brown regarding the dust jacket copy for his last published anthology Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Salinger's fame exploded after publication, and he soon found he had become too recognizable a figure to continue living in New York City and maintain any semblance of privacy. He moved to rural Cornish, New Hampshire, but he was still pursued by media and fans alike. In a letter sent just one day earlier, Salinger asked for “somebody at your office to write [Lotte Jacobi] a letter of protest” and ask her to stop circulating a photo that she had taken of him for the first edition cover of Catcher in the Rye.…

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.