{"product_id":"raise-high-the-roof-beam-j-d-salinger-9780316766944","title":"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about \"one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThese two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. D. Salinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316766941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316766944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.25w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e66226 \/ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. D. Salinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993951994111,"sku":"9780316766944","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b133e839-8ba0-4a33-a34f-5f33ec13dd7f.jpg?v=1683327248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raise-high-the-roof-beam-j-d-salinger-9780316766944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}