#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/30/2010 #1

J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, and Franny and Zooey is seen in this 1951 photo. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose The Catcher in the Rye shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, died Wednesday at the age of 91.

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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/01/2021 #6

In 1919, Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City. #JDSalinger

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/27/2022 #16

In 2010, Jerome David Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, died in Cornish, NH, at age 91. #JDSalinger I was encouraged to read it by my seventh grade teacher.

#Memories This one really jogged my thoughts because I hadn’t thought about Mr. Petrie for years. He always encouraged me (and everyone else) to read, and to write journals, poetry and jot down our thoughts. The very idea of banning books would have angered him too. He often said, “Read everything you can, because you can’t learn to write without reading. You don’t have to agree with what you read, but it will help you articulate what you do or don’t agree with.” MjL

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/16/2022 #3

In 1951, the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger) was first published by Little, Brown and Co. #JDSalinger I read it when I was in junior high school. I should read it again.

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