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Over There, Over Here: A Retrospective of WWII: Featuring Post Issues Reproduced in their Entirety
For nearly 300 years, The Saturday Evening Post has chronicled American history in the making—reflecting the distinctive characteristics and values that define the American experience.
Over There, Over Here opens the archives of The Post to examine how the great issues of WWII were perceived as those events were actually unfolding, taking you back in time to those critical war years through the pages of The Post. Volume One: "Writers At War" looks at stories about soldiers and sailors and airmen, written by some of America's greats, accompanied by essays and articles that give modern context to these rarely seen gems of literature.
Over There, Over Here features stories from J.D. Salinger, in which the Caulfield family play a part, and from William Faulkner, whose story is simple and heart-felt, chronicling the war’s effect on his beloved Mississippi. From Pulitzer-Prize winner Stephen Vincent Benet comes a piece that was published posthumously, following his untimely death.
As you read this volume, you will have special, password protected access to selected original "as published" editions of The Post, formatted for ease of reading on a digital device. You will be able to browse through the pages of these curated issues of The Post any time that you are connected to the internet.
Look for Volume 2: At Home, At War, an exploration of life in America during the war years, coming Spring 2015.
Over There, Over Here opens the archives of The Post to examine how the great issues of WWII were perceived as those events were actually unfolding, taking you back in time to those critical war years through the pages of The Post. Volume One: "Writers At War" looks at stories about soldiers and sailors and airmen, written by some of America's greats, accompanied by essays and articles that give modern context to these rarely seen gems of literature.
Over There, Over Here features stories from J.D. Salinger, in which the Caulfield family play a part, and from William Faulkner, whose story is simple and heart-felt, chronicling the war’s effect on his beloved Mississippi. From Pulitzer-Prize winner Stephen Vincent Benet comes a piece that was published posthumously, following his untimely death.
As you read this volume, you will have special, password protected access to selected original "as published" editions of The Post, formatted for ease of reading on a digital device. You will be able to browse through the pages of these curated issues of The Post any time that you are connected to the internet.
Look for Volume 2: At Home, At War, an exploration of life in America during the war years, coming Spring 2015.
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First published September 16, 2014
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J.D. Salinger
142 books16.4k followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents.
People well know this author for his reclusive nature. He published his last original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. Reared in city of New York, Salinger began short stories in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948, he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker, his subsequent home magazine. He released an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent readers. Widely read and controversial, sells a quarter-million copies a year.
The success led to public attention and scrutiny: reclusive, he published new work less frequently. He followed with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953), of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961), and a collection of two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton. In the late 1990s, Joyce Maynard, a close ex-lover, and Margaret Salinger, his daughter, wrote and released his memoirs. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but the ensuing publicity indefinitely delayed the release.
Another writer used one of his characters, resulting in copyright infringement; he filed a lawsuit against this writer and afterward made headlines around the globe in June 2009. Salinger died of natural causes at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents.
People well know this author for his reclusive nature. He published his last original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. Reared in city of New York, Salinger began short stories in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948, he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker, his subsequent home magazine. He released an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent readers. Widely read and controversial, sells a quarter-million copies a year.
The success led to public attention and scrutiny: reclusive, he published new work less frequently. He followed with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953), of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961), and a collection of two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton. In the late 1990s, Joyce Maynard, a close ex-lover, and Margaret Salinger, his daughter, wrote and released his memoirs. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but the ensuing publicity indefinitely delayed the release.
Another writer used one of his characters, resulting in copyright infringement; he filed a lawsuit against this writer and afterward made headlines around the globe in June 2009. Salinger died of natural causes at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.
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July 17, 2019
The Saturday Evening Post has so much to share, and a vast archival resource to draw upon when creating their special issues. This is very informative and worth finding so you may read it, too.
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