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The Catcher in the Rye

United States of America · Arts / Literature. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1951

Jerome David Salinger16 July 1951

Arts / Literature

Publication of "The Catcher in the Rye", chronicling 48 hours in the life of a teenage rebel, Holden Caulfield, as he wanders the streets of New York in a state of mental collapse, it enjoyed early, but modest success

Names involved

Jerome David Salinger

Provenance

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