Jerome David Salinger (J.D for short) was born in Manhattan New York, on Janurary 1, 1919. He was an American Author who is most famous for his work The Catcher in the Rye. The main character of this book, Holden, can be directly related to J. D Salinger in some ways like: Holden was kicked out of a school for flunking, J.D was kicked out of school for flunking. Holden was the manager of a sports team, J.D was the manager of a sports team. J.D had also switched schools, or had to change schools frequently just like Holden. These small details with the book is just a limited insight on J.D Salinger's life.
Well, learning more about J.D is fun. J.D wrote a short story right before WWII which featured a character named "Holden Caulfield" with pre-war jitters. Now this is the second time i've seen this name in a book by J.D. I'm starting to think this Holden Caulfield could either be J.D salinger or someone he once knew. J. D himself went into the war in which he was hospitalized soon after for combat stress reaction, after being among the first soldiers to enter a liberated concentration camp.
Well to answer the question of where'd he go... J.D Salinger moved to Cornish, New Hampshire in 1953 where he socialized with the high schoolers, until one persuaded him to do an interview that actually ended up in the city's newspaper instead of the school's then he cut himself off from society, rarely to be seen or heard from again.
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