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The Catcher in the Rye

General Resources

• American Memory
• A Hypertext of American History
• I Hear America Singing
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Nobel Prizes
• Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events

J. D. Salinger"s The Catcher in the Rye:

• J. D. Salinger
• Exploring Catcher in the Rye
• Catcher in the Rye Book Index
• Catcher in the Rye (Little Brown Books)
• Catcher Study Guide: High School Level
• Catcher Vocabulary
• Symbols in Catcher
• Rare First Edition: Catcher in the Rye
• Catcher in the Rye: Sparknotes
• The Internet Public Library: J. D. Salinger

Links to the Text

• Exploring Catcher in the Rye
• Literature in Context: Catcher in the Rye: with links to the Village Vanguard and the Natural History Museum (Hollywood Films, Broadway Plays, and Jazz)
  http://www.litincontext.com/titles/catcher.htm
• Catcher and Related Links to New York Times
• Court Upholds Salinger's Request to stop Catcher Sequal
• Catcher and Related Links
• Where and when: CITR-the case for 1949
• Photo Tour of Catcher in the Rye
• Walking Tour of Greenwich Village
• The Village and the Beats: good photos
• Alleys of New York
• Greenwich Village Map
• New York City History
  

Pop Cultural References
Cary Grant The Lunts About the Lunts Broadway Information William Holden The 39 Steps--Mr. Memory Museums in New York City American Museum of Natural History The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rockefeller Center Walk 5th Avenue David Copperfield, Chapter One Beowulf Lord Randal My Son Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke's Poetry Collection Emily Dickinson Phillip's Academy Andover	PBS Jazz: Great informational site Jazz Timeline Great Day in Harlem All About Jazz Timeline Jazz Photos Jazz Profile of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk History of Village Vanguard Village Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History Village Vanguard Website Coming Through the Rye Songs: "Just One of those Things" "Little Shirley Beans" "Oh, Marie!" "Smoke Gets in your Eyes" "Tin Roof Blues" Sidney Bechet's version Tommy Dorsey's Version Cole Poter

 Prep Schools

Boarding School Review

• Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut
• Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts
• The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
• Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut
• Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
• Loomis Chaffee in Windsor, Connecticut
• Phillip's Academy Andover, Andover, Massachusetts
• Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire
• St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire
• Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut

• The Wooster School

• Valley Forge Military Academy

Interview with J. D. Salinger's classmate.

New York Neighborhoods

Greenwich Village Greenwich Village: New York Government Site Greenwich Village Architecture Images Greenwich Village history and maps Greenwich Village Photo Gallery Greenwich Village: American Masters History of Village Vanguard Village Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History Village Vanguard Website The Artist's Club, 10th Street and Fourth Avenue (Feb. 15,1959, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Leroi Jones (now Amiri Baraka) read poetry) Washington Square Park Café Bizzare Gaslight Café- MacDougal Street San Remo Café - MacDougal Street

The Upper East Side  Fifth Avenue: Songlines-Virtual Walking Tours of Manhattan This is a great site that includes information about the buildings and people who lived along these streets. Fifth Avenue: Millionaire's Row Along Millionaires' Row, at the Crest of Lenox Hill-Real Estate The Upper West Side This is Jerry Seinfeld's old neighborhood (he lived at West 81st Street and Columbus Avenue in the 1980s). NY Upper West Side: Maps Upper West Side Maps Broadway Information

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