The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. SalingerCall Number: PS3537.A426 C38 2001
ISBN: 0316769177
Publication Date: 2001-01-30
• Removed by a Dorchester District 2 school board member in Summerville, SC (2001) because it "is a filthy, filthy book."
• Challenged in the Waterloo, IA schools (1992) and Duval County, FL public school libraries (1992) because of profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women, and the disabled.
• In 1960, a teacher in Tulsa, OK was fired for assigning the book to an eleventh grade English class. The teacher appealed and was reinstated by the school board, but the book was removed from use in the school.