 W.P. Kinsella (qv) and J.D. Salinger (qv), on whom the character  Terence Mann is based, were friends. In fact, Salinger accompanied  Kinsella to Chisolm, Minn. in 1975 in search of Moonlight Graham,  who had died 10 years earlier. Kinsella said he chose Grahams  character for his book "Shoeless Joe" because he was intrigued by  his nickname when he came across it while thumbing through the  Baseball Encyclopedia.