i's jes replyin t'dat poyson dat assed abouts'm.....
what's weird, is that hamilton doesn't mention these manuscripts in his uncut
version of his salinger bio....are these mentioned in any bio YOU've read?
not alexander either i don't think....though i haven't read that one in
awhile. anybody EVER read about these? i think hamilton saw these, and
actually got the chance to transcribe them...yet, nothing in his salinger bio
about them.....???? what thef....oh well. i was reading that uncut hammy bio
yesterday and there was a part where salinger was talking about all the
writing he did about the war and how it would all be released generations
after his death and people would then know the truth of all that went on
without him being hung as a traitor....
-mike
>>> jrovira@drew.edu 08/13/03 06:49AM >>>
This was a VERY interesting post, Michael, thank you.
Jim
ANELLO Michael J wrote:
>someone once asked about the salinger manuscripts at the ransom center of the
>university of texas at austin...? so, i got them. here are summaries of
>those for your reading pleasure. -mike
>
>*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>The "Birthday Boy" manuscript is nine (9) pages and undated.
>
>The story is set in a hospital. A young man, Ray, is visited by his
>girlfriend, Ethel, on his 22nd birthday. Ray is recovering from an illness
>that, while unspecified, seems to have something to do with alcoholism.
>
>The story consists primarily of dialogue. Ray gropes Ethel, then tries to
>persuade her to bring him liquor so he may "test himself." When she refuses,
>he curses her then orders her to leave. The story concludes with Ethel
riding
>the hospital elevator to the ground floor, chilled "in all the damp spots."
>
>The manuscript has several editorial corrections on the first page. One note
>reads "Hold. Consult." Another note, partially erased, asks that the
>manuscript be "set up in 12 point."
>
>The manuscript has Salinger's 1133 Park Avenue address on its first page.
>
>*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>The next manuscript is untitled and is ten (10) pages and undated; it has a
>number of authorial edits and emendations. The manuscript is less a story
>than a series of scenes not yet sewn together. The central characters are a
>couple, Frank and Paula Hancher. Paula claims to be pregnant and decides
that
>she will stay in bed the entire course of her pregnancy. She directs her
>husband to tell friends and neighbors that she's gone to help her ailing
>sister in Ohio.
>
>Months pass. The Hanchers continue the ruse for nearly a year. Ultimately,
>Frank comes home, finds the bedroom door locked. Paula claims she's having
>the child. Shortly thereafter, she claims she's had the child and now needs
a
>crib, baby clothes, etc. However, she won't let Frank in the room. Frank
>provides the items she needs. Then, several days later, frustrated that he's
>still not being let inside, he breaks the door down and finds Paula in the
>crib.
>
>*--------------------------------------------------------------
>The last Salinger manuscript - consisting of two (2) quotations about Nazi
>Germany - is one page, typed, undated. The first quotation concerns the
>virtues of native German rhubarb over the "alien lemon." The quotation is
>drawn from the "Nazi Tract, New Bases of Social Research" (sic).
>
>The second quotation is from the New Yorker, May 1, 1948, about a crematorium
>built in Chelmo, Poland specifically for children. The Nazis burned the
bodies
>of more than 600,000 children there.
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