Subject: JDS in History
From: Mark Alme (malme@swiftdev.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 1997 - 15:19:26 GMT
[For those of you interested in Paris twixt the wars, I recommend Cowley's
"Exile's Return." Which mentions Salinger exactly never. Which is why this
is in brackets.]
But on topic, Salinger does have an interesting connection with another
American writer. Apparently, J.D. wooed (by letter, I think) a N.Y.
debutante named Oona O'Neill, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, arguably (but not
here) the father of modern American theater (maybe "serious American
theater" is more apt).
I think Salinger got the brush-off (she ended up Mrs. Chaplin,as in
Charlie), although must information comes from a biography of O'Neill's,
not Salinger's. I haven't, in fact, read any Salinger biography.
Does anyone know anything about his side of the story?
M. Alme
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