PBS - This Day in History: On this day in 1951, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye was published. The novel, about a troubled 16-year-old named Holden Caulfield, exemplified common feelings
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. Signed by Salinger, J.D.: Hardcover (1952) First Edition., Signed by Author(s) | TBCL The Book Collector's Library
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