J.D. Salinger Primary Sources

E-text copies of Salinger's writings.

The 1951 New York Times review.

The 1953 New York Times review of Salinger's second book.

The 1963 New York Times review of Salinger's book.

John Updike's 1963 essay on Franny and Zooey.

Time magazine's 1961 profile of the author, who had already begun his retreat into a hermetic life.

A New Yorker essay by Louis Menand on the enduring appeal of The Catcher in the Rye.