Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" is a short story by J.D. Salinger, which appears in his collection Nine Stories. The main character, Eloise, comes to terms with the life she has created for herself with her husband Lew. Her true love is the Glass Family member she pines after for the majority of the story, Walt Glass. "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" presents the story of Walt's death during his service in the navy from an explosion that occurred during the execution of questionably necessary orders from a superior, and a sideways glance at the way that Walt's death has effected Eloise's life.

The story was filmed in 1949 as My Foolish Heart, providing the only authorized adaptation to date of Salinger's writings to film.