In a message dated 8/19/99 3:54:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, c_scaysbrook@yahoo.com writes: << In the version I heard, it was actually that Hemingway shot a chicken because he thought one of Salinger's stories was so good, but this stinks just a little of legend-tweaking. You never know, though ... Camille >> I heard Hemingway choked a chicken after meeting Salinger, but I could be mistaken... Jim