"Gin a body meet a body / Comin thro' the rye" the Catcher turns 60

Catcher in the Rye was first published sixty years ago today, July 16, 1951. Since then, over 65 million copies sold (maybe, because many people, like myself, seem to have two or more copies). Catcher is actually my least favorite of Salinger's works (listed below). I have a special fondness for "Seymour".

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
• Nine Stories (1953)
  • "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948)
  • "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (1948)
  • "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" (1948)
  • "The Laughing Man" (1949)
  • "Down at the Dinghy" (1949)
  • "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" (1950)
  • "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" (1951)
  • "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" (1952)
  • "Teddy" (1953)
• Franny and Zooey (1961)
  • "Franny" (1955)
  • "Zooey" (1957)
• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
  • "Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters" (1955)
  • "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959)