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“‘The Magic Foxhole’ is a strong condemnation of war and one that could have been written only by a soldier…Its message countered the propaganda common in 1944 with a frankness that could have been interpreted as subversive…Even had this story slipped by the military censors, it is hard to imagine a publisher with the courage to print it.”—Biographer Kenneth Slawenski in J. D ...
The Empty Foxhole, a 1967 album by the American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman "The Magic Foxhole", a 1944 unpublished short story by J.D. Salinger; Foxhole in Cairo, a 1960 British war film; Foxhole, a 2021 American war film; Foxhole, a sandbox massively multiplayer online game; Foxhole radio, a radio built by G.I.s during World War II
"Foxhole radio" used on the Italian Front in World War 2. It uses a pencil lead attached to a safety pin pressing against a razor blade for a detector. In addition to mineral crystals, the oxide coatings of many metal surfaces act as semiconductors (detectors) capable of rectification. Crystal radios have been improvised using detectors made ...
"Salinger’s refusal to collect these tales in hardcover derives from his conviction that they were not worth reprinting. This decision has largely preempted a developmental approach to his work, and it is generally unrecognized that the contours of Holden Caulfield’s character were drawn as early as 1941.
"Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in Harper's in April 1949, [1] and included in the compilation, Nine Stories. [2]Written in the summer of 1948 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, [3] the story marks a shift away from Salinger's literary misanthropy, which had largely been informed by his horrific combat experiences in Europe during World War II, [4] and ...
“Within the tomb of the foxhole, Babe sees no mystical apparition…but he does see God, if only through the beauty of his little sister’s innocence…in “A Boy in France,” the existence of God is affirmed, and it is here that Salinger acknowledges his spiritual quest.”—Biographer Kenneth Slawenski in J. D. Salinger: A Life. (2010) [6]
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Rebel in the Rye is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed and written by Danny Strong.It is based on the book J. D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski, about the life of writer J. D. Salinger during and after World War II.