J.D. Salinger Story Soft-Boiled Sargeant in Original Publication- A story already focused on love and condemning phoniness

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J.D. SALINGER Story, Soft-Boiled Sargeant Saturday Evening Post April 15, 1944. Soft cover.- This Salinger story is Not Been Published Anywhere Else. "Soft-Boiled Sergeant" chronicles a young soldier's entry into the military. good-natured Staff Sergeant, Burke, helps a young soldier get through difficulties with other people and overcome his nervousness. Originally titled Death of a Dogface. Magazine changed it, making Salinger deeply resentful. A story of love and condemning phoniness, written before Salinger had actually seen action in the war, but becomes a precursor to his more famous work on Holden Caulfield condemning phoniness: Catcher in the Rye.

Item #16613

Price: $445.00