One of the most popular novels in US literary history, The Catcher in the Rye permanently transformed both its readers and its enigmatic author, J. D. Salinger.
Salinger on the 1961 cover of Time MagazineOriginal dust jacket of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger eventually demanded that his photo be removed.J. D. Salinger, on the streets of Windsor, Vermont, later in life.Joyce Maynard, later in life.
