Cornish, New Hampshire
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Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2020 census. Cornish has four covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.
Cornish Flat, NH, from the southwest
The Square in 1917
Blow-me-down Brook bridge in 1908, completed in 1888
Mount Ascutney c. 1910
J. D. Salinger
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Jerome David Salinger was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. I
Cornish, New Hampshire
…the Oaks, in the area. The surrounding area became the center of the popular Cornish Art Colony. Cornish was the residence of the reclusive author J. D. Salinger from the 1950s until his death in 2010. Until 2008, when the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio, Cornish had been home to the longest covered bridge…
Salinger in 1950
Where Salinger grew up, 1133 Park Avenue in Manhattan
Cover and spine of The Catcher in the Rye, first edition
Salinger on the cover of Time (September 15, 1961)