Cornish Journal - A Recluse? Well, Not to J.D. Salinger's Neighbors - NYTimes.com

Cornish Journal - A Recluse? Well, Not to J.D. Salinger's Neighbors - NYTimes.com: "His most famous character, Holden Caulfield, said it was impossible to find a place that is “nice and peaceful,” but J. D. Salinger may have found something close for himself in the woods of this tiny town.

Here Mr. Salinger was just Jerry, a quiet man who arrived early to church suppers, nodded hello while buying a newspaper at the general store and wrote a thank-you note to the fire department after it extinguished a blaze and helped save his papers and writings."