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- ↑ Salzman, Jack (1991). New essays on the Catcher in the Rye . New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-521-37442-1.
- ↑ Geddes, John. ""W.P. on J.D.: Kinsella talks about writing Salinger into 'Shoeless Joe'"". Macleans. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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