I found the "Catcher In The Rye" to be one of the best books I've ever read. I found it more interesting than books such as "The Crucible", "Great Gatsby", and even Ben Franklin's "Autobiography". Writer Jerome David Salinger has peiced together a great novel. In New York City, 1919, Salinger was born. With his father, Sol, being a food importer, and having an average mother, Miriam, noone knows where he attained his natural love for theatre. Growing up with his sister Doris, he attended public school in Manhattan. Having average grades, with Arithmic being his worst subject. Apparently, being rumored to be a quiet, polite boy, nicknamed "Sonny". At 15,