Before J.D. Salinger became famous for his novel The Catcher in the Rye, he was a soldier in World War II. While serving in the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps, Salinger wrote more than twenty short stories. Eberhard Alsen, through meticulous archival research and careful analysis of the literary record, corrects mistaken assumptions about the young writer's war years and their repercussions. ukryj opis