dr. joseph giordano, the surgeon who operated on the president. if you would like to find out more visit the books website rawhide down dot com. >> grace elizabeth hail, in your book and nation of outsiders you devote an whole chapter to j.d. salinger and the catcher in the right. >> well, salinger was interesting because his character is really the first extremely popular rebel character who comes from an elite upper-middle-class background in this post war time. he is not alienated because of his race or because of his class background or because he has decided to be a bohemian. a prep school dropout. a resident of a fairly nice new york apartment. this is really the dawning of a new kind of trouble. >> what was the affect of that book in 1951? >> it was really huge. the book's style was very different from a lot of published fiction at the time. it was kind of slimy, almost ready dialogue that really caught the eye of young people, people of all ages, but especially younger people. the book really made quite an impression on readers at the time