Salinger, Pierre
Entry updated 31 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1925-2004) US journalist – best known for his stint as John F Kennedy's press secretary from 1961 – briefly US Senator for California in 1964, and author. His very Near Future tale, On Instructions of My Government (1971), describes the consequences of the discovery of a Chinese Communist missile base in South America. [JC]
Pierre Emil George Salinger
born San Francisco, California: 14 June 1925
died Le Thon, Cavaillon, France: 16 October 2004
works
- On Instructions of My Government (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971) [hb/Paul Bacon]
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