SALINGER, J. D. (contrib.).

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. First edition, second printing, rare in the original printed packaging box. The Kit Book is a compilation of stories, poems, and cartoons produced for soldiers during the Second World War, first published in 1942.It includes "The Hang of It", an early work by J. D. Salinger. It was first published in Collier's magazine shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. Salinger was subsequently drafted, and the work's reappearance in the Kit Book caught the attention of his superior officers, who assigned him to the Air Force Service Command's Public Relations Department.

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