— Rest In Peace — J. D. Salinger — 28 Jan 2010
Jerome David (JD) Salinger
is an American writer and is known for writing the classic literature book, The Catcher In The Rye. He was born in 1919 (January 1) in New York City. He had a pretty interesting life to include Valley Forge Military Academy. He would also serve in the Infantry in World War II, and go to Columbia and New York Universities.
Catcher In The Rye is his most important piece of work… AND, his only published book. He did publish other works to include 21 (KNOWN) short stories and a few poems. ‘Catcher would eventually sell more than 60 Million copies – no doubt aided by schools making his masterpiece required reading. The book itself follows the life of a 17 year old, young man, named; Holden Caulfield. Holden is going through life realizing that he is having a seeming mid life crisis (to us mid life types) as he rebels from society. He flashes back to people in his life.. HEY= This is really basic and you should just read the book. I’m not gonna get into it or ruin if for you.
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.”
He had become reculsive and damn-near hated society but during the 80’s he would sue a guy who claimed to have a interview with him. He would sue another freak later who would write an unauthorized sequel of The Catcher In The Rye. He died January 28, 2010. Rest In Peace!
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