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If there is an amateur reader still left in the world - or anybody who just reads and runs - I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children.

J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
Author
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Left
Gratitude
Stills
Anybody
Amateur
Still
Reader
Reads
Book
Ways
Split
Children
Wife
Splits
Way
Asks
Dedication
World
Four
Runs
Running
Affection

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