 General Resources |
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PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature |
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Critical
Approaches to Literature |
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Pulitzer Prizes |
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Nobel Prizes |
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Brief
Timeline of American Literature and Events |
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Modern Library 100 Best Novels |
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Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction |
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| J. D. Salinger"s The Catcher in the Rye: |
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J. D. Salinger |
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PAL Perspectives on Literature: J. D. Salinger |
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Exploring Catcher in
the Rye |
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Catcher in
the Rye Book Index |
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Catcher
in the Rye (Little Brown Books) |
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Catcher
Study Guide: High School Level |
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Catcher
Vocabulary |
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Rare
First Edition: Catcher in the Rye |
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Catcher in
the Rye: Sparknotes |
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The
Internet Public Library: J. D. Salinger |
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| Links to the Text |
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Exploring Catcher in
the Rye |
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PAL Perspectives on Literature: J. D. Salinger |
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Literature
in Context: Catcher in the Rye: with links to the Village Vanguard
and the Natural History Museum (Hollywood Films, Broadway Plays,
and Jazz) |
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Catcher
and Related Links to New York Times |
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More
Catcher and Related Links |
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J.
D. Salinger Dies--article in the New York Times |
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The Salinger Organization |
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J.
D. Salinger Never Before Seen Photo--Newsweek |
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About J. D. Salinger |
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J.
D. Salinger Postscript by Adam Gopnik from the New Yorker |
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J.
D. Salinger Dies--National Public Radio |
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What
J. D. Salinger Means to Me--National Public Radio |
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The
Fight Over a Sequal to Catcher in the Rye--NPR |
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Salinger's
Wartime Letter to Hemingway--NPR |
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Holden
Caulfied--Giving Voice to a Generation--NPR |
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Bearable
by Lillian Ross: a rememberance of J. D. Salinger by a long-time
friend--from the New Yorker |
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Taking
a Walk Through Salinger's New York--New Yorker blog |
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| An Historical Perspective on The 1940s and the1950s |
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The 1940s Organization |
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The Flight to New York--1950 |
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Habertson on the 1950s |
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Pluck: Documentary of life in New York in the 1950s |
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The Story of a City: New York 1947 |
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New York’s 3rd Avenue in the 1950s |
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2/7 Documentary Showing How the Fifties Culture Gave Rise to the 60s
Why did their fathers work so hard? “Everything young boys saw at home and on TV showed them that they would be lucky enough to follow in their father’s footsteps... While women could find fulfillment only as housewives... This is the way your life should be." |
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3/7 Documentary Showing How the Fifties Culture Gave Rise to the 60s
"Life is a game that is played by rules." These were the rules. |
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Vintage Prom Scene—Dancing and Advice on how to behave |
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4/7 Documentary Showing How the Fifties Culture Gave Rise to the 60s
--Being a Rebel |
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5/7 Documentary Showing How the Fifties Culture Gave Rise to the 60s --the Fear of Communism |
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1954 Atomic War Documentary |
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1950s Roots of the 1960s Gerneration |
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| New York |
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1818 New York Road Trip: Lots of Links to New York through the Years |
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Manhattan--The Opening Scene by Woody Allen Movie |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's Opening Scene Movie |
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Walking Tours in New York |
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This is New York 1950 |
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| Central Park |
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Frederick Law Ohmsted
"The design of Central Park embodies Olmsted's social consciousness and commitment to egalitarian ideals. Influenced by Downing and his own observations regarding social class in England, China and the American South, Olmsted believed that the common green space must always be equally accessible to all citizens. This principle is now fundamental to the idea of a "public park", but was not assumed as necessary then. Olmsted's tenure as park commissioner in New York was a long struggle to preserve that idea." |
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Interactive Central Park Map |
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| Greenwich Village |
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American Masters: About Greenwich Village |
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Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village |
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Edgar Allan Poe in Greenwich Village |
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Walking
Tour of Greenwich Village |
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Alleys
of New York |
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Greenwich Village Map |
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Greenwich Village Documentary 1960 |
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Web Exhibit on Greenwich Village Artists |
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Beginning of Abstract Expressionism |
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Dylan at the Cafe Wha--1961 |
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Dylan Man of Constant Sorrow 1963 |
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Jackson Pollock on the News Hour
Here is a great Greenwich Village story of Pollock’s first major mural commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim. In 1943. |
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Jackson Pollock and his story |
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Mark Rothko: His Story |
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Willem
De Kooning |
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| The Upper East Side |
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Sotheby’s Real Estate Listings Notice how the real estate ranges from $42,000,000 to $2,000,000. |
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About NYC: Manhattan Neighborhoods—The Upper East Side
“Refinement, elegance and world-class culture define this New York City area, long regarded as Manhattan's premier neighborhood. Upper East Side apartments in NYC run from East 60th Street to East 96th Street, from Fifth Avenue to the East River. In the East 60s and 70s, on or near Fifth and Park Avenues, you will find the City's "Gold Coast" - expensive co-op and condominium buildings located in mansions and pre-war era buildings. This section of Manhattan may have the most expensive real estate in the country. In recent years, pre-war, white-glove co-ops have typically seen prices in the $3-30 million dollar range.” |
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Upper East Side from Wikipedia |
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The Upper East Side Tour--fun Video Tour |
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Upper East Side Loft Virtual Tour |
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Upper East Side Penthouse Video |
| Museums on the Upper East Side |
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The Metropolitan
Museum of Art |
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The Whitney Museum. |
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The Frick Collection |
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Guggenheim
Museum |
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Guggenheim
Museum Artist List |
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| Music of the 1940s |
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Swing Dance Music Video |
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Swing Dancing from the film Twice Blessed 1945 |
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Coming Through the Rye |
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Cole Porter from American Masters |
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Cole Porter from Wikipedia |
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Songs: Just
One of those Things"; "Tin
Roof Blues" ; and Martha Tilton Coming Through the Rye (1942) |
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| Progressive Jazz like that played in Ernie's Greenwich Village club. |
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Thelonious Monk: Round Midnight |
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gilespie 1952 |
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Village
Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History |
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Charlie Parker—PBS Kids |
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Charlie
Parker: American Masters |
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| Prep Schools |
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Boarding
School Review look up a school. |
| The Schools below share a some common goals and traditions and they are, in some cases, the schools alluded to in The Catcher in the Rye. These are the type of school Holden and his friends would have attended. When examining these schools, make sure you look closely at the mission statements and at what their graduates did in later life as a way of understanding their values and traditions. |
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Choate Rosemary
Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut |
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Deerfield Academy
in Deerfield, Massachusetts |
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The
Hill School in Pottstown,
Pennsylvania |
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Hotchkiss
School in Lakeville, Connecticut |
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Lawrenceville
School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey |
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Loomis
Chaffee in Windsor, Connecticut |
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Phillip's
Academy Andover, Andover, Massachusetts
- In Chapter 17 of The Catcher in the Rye, Sally Hayes introduces Holden to a boy who attended Andover. "You'd have thought they'd taken baths in the same bathtub or something when they were little kids. Old buddyroos. It was nauseating. The funny part was, they probably met each other just once, at some phony party. Finally, when they were all done slobbering around, old Sally introduced us. His name was George something—I don't even remember—and he went to Andover. Big, big deal."
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Phillips Exeter
Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire |
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St.
Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire |
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Taft School
in Watertown, Connecticut |
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The
Wooster School |
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Valley
Forge Military Academy (Where J. D. Salinger went to
school) |
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Interview
with J. D. Salinger's classmate |
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| Some famous prep school graduates: |
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Among Choate's alumni are President John F. Kennedy, two-time Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, playwright Edward Albee, novelist John Dos Passos, and actors Michael Douglas, and Paul Giamatti.
Early alumni of Exeter include US Senator Daniel Webster (1796); US President Franklin Pierce (1820); Abraham Lincoln’s son, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1870), grandfather of football" Amos Alonzo Stagg (1880); and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (1889). John Knowles author of A Separate Peace was a 1945 graduate; a novel set at the fictional Devon School, which serves as an analog for his alma mater.
Other notable alumni include businessmen Joseph Coors and Mark Zuckerberg. |
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| New York Attractions |
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Museums
in New York City |
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MOMA: The Museum
of Modern Art |
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American Museum of Natural
History |
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| Restaurants and Night Clubs |
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Toots
Shor's Restarurant: Wikipedia |
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The
Stork Club |
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The
21 Club |
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El Morrocco |
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Architecture
of New York City: A great list of buildings and their
photos |
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Architectural
History of New York |
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Table of
Contents to Historical Sites |
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Tiffany's
New York |
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Top of the
Rock |
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Top
of the Rock Archive Photo |
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Empire
State Building Homepage |
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Empire
State Building: Construction Images |
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Radio City Music Hall History |
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National
Historic Landmarks
Rockefeller
Center |
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Pennsylvania
Station: Imortalized by Hollywood |
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Statue of Liberty |
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Brooklyn
Bridge (1869) |
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Theatres
in New York: A Brief History |
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PBS
Broadway: The American Musical |
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The Lunts on CBS’ Sunday Morning
Here is a nice discussion of their acting abilities and contributions to the stage. |
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The Lunts at the Pool with Friends |
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Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne |
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