student and actress. In Franny and Zooey, she is depicted reading The Way of a Pilgrim, an anonymous Orthodox Christian classic, which contributes to her spiritual and emotional breakdown. All the children are precocious, and appeared on fictional radio quiz show It's a Wise Child, which, according to the stories, sent all seven Glass children through college. At least one of the children appeared on the show from 1927 to 1943, beginning with Seymour and Buddy. "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" says that each child appeared on the show under a pseudonym as the Black children. Seymour was known as Billy Black, and Walt was Georgie Black. The Glass family lives in New York City; the children spent most of their childhood in an apartment on the Upper East Side. Appearances "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (The New Yorker, January 22, 1948; reprinted in Nine Stories) "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (The New Yorker, March 20, 1948; reprinted in Nine Stories) "Down at the Dinghy" (Harper's, April 1949; reprinted in Nine Stories) "Franny" (The New Yorker, January 29, 1955; reprinted in Franny and Zooey) "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (The New Yorker, November 19, 1955; reprinted in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction) "Zooey" (The New Yorker, May 1, 1957; reprinted in Franny and Zooey) "Seymour: An Introduction" (The New Yorker, June 6, 1959; reprinted in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction) “Hapworth 16, 1924” (The New Yorker, June 19, 1965) References Characters in American novels of the 20th century Fictional people from the 20th-century Fictional characters from New York City Fictional American Jews Fictional child prodigies Fictional families Literary characters introduced in 1948 J. D. Salinger