Re: First Catcher Memories
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:19:38 -0600 (MDT)
Isn't is interesting the way Salinger is often given by one sibling to
another...though I had to steal my early salinger off my brother's dusty
book shelf I do think family is part of salinger's glasses! will
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, me wrote:
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> Hi All! I know that this is in response to a very old post but this is the
> first time I have been able to sit and reply in a really long time. When
> I was a Junior in highschool we had a family friend come and stay with us
> for Thanksgiving. He was at the time just finished with his Ranger
> training. Well he brought my brother and sister and I a gift, all of them
> books. My sister got a Disney book, my brother one about planes and for
> me Catcher In the Rye. In the book he had written on the first page the
> date and told me that this book had helped a great deal in his maturing in
> life and that he hoped I got everything he got from it and more. Well I
> can say that I feel as though I have and the gift he gave me has helped me
> to understand parts of life I thought were not understood. About a year
> ago my brother went to see the movie "Conspiracy Theory" and in it they
> refer to CITR with the large display of books in Gibson's room. My
> brother came home that night and woke me up at 1:00 am to tell me he
> wanted to borrow my copy of CITR. Well my brother was never really into
> reading too much but I believe he finished it in a week and told me it was
> one of the best books he had ever read. Books are so wonderful to give as
> gifts and thanks to Salinger and my friend Richard I have been able to
> give the gift to others that I received myself.
> Nikki
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