Re: First Catcher Memories
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 20:50:15 -0400
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 07:57:45PM -0400, Speirlow@aol.com wrote:
> My first encounter with Salinger, like many others, was The Catcher in the
> Rye...it was not a great one though. I was 13 and stuck alone in my sister's
> 1 room, cluttered to say the least, college apartment. I was suppose to be
> writing a report on the Triangle Fire of 1911, but this red covered book
> caught my attention. I started reading...I hated it.
Funny coincidence: We have this list housed at NYU, and one of the NYU
buildings, just around the corner from where I'm sitting, is where the
Triangle Shirtwaist fire happened. (It used to be a factory, and is now
owned by the university.) Every year there is a memorial on the street
outside the building.
--tim o'connor