Re: intro-duct-ion

one problem a future 'ellmann' will have is that many
of salinger's contemporaries are dead. shawn,
maxwell, burnett, lobrano, perelman, olding, judge
hand, his sister doris ....

and i wonder about the paper trail. the maynard
letters are gone; and supposedly the 500+ to olding.
though i imagine other important correspondence will
come to light after his passing.

how much manuscript material will survive?

i do think if one looks carefully at 'dream catcher'
there are nuggets of biographical info (concerning
pre-1955) to be had.

but the big question is: will there be more stories or
is 'hapworth' the finale.

kim

  
--- James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> That is indeed a problem, isn't it? Seems like what
> I remember of
> Alexander's bio that it didn't even properly read
> the stories, much less
> archival material about the man's life. Margaret
> Salinger's _Dream
> Catcher_ has too much of a personal agenda to be
> trusted a
> biographically accurate about Salinger, but does
> offer some insights.
>
> What we need is an Ellmann like guy to write a bio
> of Salinger :). I
> think they're all waiting for the old guy to die
> before they even try.
>
> Jim
>
> Kim Johnson wrote:
>
> >--- Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE
> ><daniel.yocum@Peterson.af.mil> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Also, I have seen in several branches of Barnes
> and
> >>Nobles that
> >>Alexander(?) copy of Jerome's biography hardback
> for
> >>around 4 bucks. I
> >>think it had a chronology. I haven't but the same
> >>deal may be in their
> >>on-line store as well.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >i'd say paul alexander's biography is more
> >appropriately priced at $4. it sure wasn't worth
> the
> >full list i paid when it came out.
> >
> >though at least he did some research in the new
> yorker
> >archives; but not enough. those tidbits of info
> were
> >the only worthwhile things in the book. otherwise,
> it
> >was journalistic and mean-spirited.
> >
> >i forgot to check to see if it had a chronology.
> >
> >i have a feeling that the ascertainable facts of
> jds's
> >life would cover only a handful of pages, single
> >spaced. no doubt he would wish it to be even
> fewer.
> >
> >kim
> >
> >
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