A few months past my 18th birthday, J. Salinger wrote me a series of letters that led me to believe he loved me as no one else ever had He told me I was brilliant and perfect, his soul mate and that we would live our days out together I withdrew from college He sent me away less than a year later with words of contempt and disdain Like so many Woody Allen fans who felt awakened by Allen v.
Farrow , I saw Salinger in a completely new light after reading Maynard's essay. Until yesterday, I had been entirely in the dark about his life-long pursuit of, and dalliances with, teen girls. Over the years that followed, I heard from well over a dozen women who had a similar set of treasured letters from Salinger in their possession, written to them when they were teenagers.
It appeared that in the case of one girl, Salinger was writing letters to her while I sat in the next room believing he was my soul mate and partner for life. Maynard had also written about it in The New York Times in Salon wrote about it in , right after Salinger died. As did a pre-fame Lena Dunham, on Twitter! In fact, Maynard has been talking about the emotional and mental damage wrought by J.
In a review , Huffington Post relayed that the J. And while At Home in the World reveals that their relationship was never fully consummated—because Maynard was too fearful of losing her virginity—there is at least one description of her orally servicing Salinger while openly weeping. In particular, he often escorted teenage girls to school dances and sporting events. I've never been in the habit of researching the spouses of writers, but Salinger's relationship history—now that I actively look for it—is one giant alarm bell.
When he was 30, Salinger met and formed an attachment to year-old Jean Miller. Current maps show it as 9. After a left turn onto the sidewalk along the river, pass Building 6, completed in The next building on this tour was originally 11 but now designated Building 8. Behind it is the old 8 Between the two is the clock tower, which was erected in atop the external freight elevator structure for the older building.
Continuing left onto Main Street , the building currently bannered as 12 was built in as Building 1. The first wooden building, on the corner of Florida and Main , was the residence of Amory Maynard before he built a mansion south of the mill. The next over belonged to Lorenzo Maynard, his oldest son. The brick building at Main , medical offices on the first floor and current home of the Historical Society on the second, was built in The last building before reentering the parking lot was built in These two buildings housed mill offices.
While on this tour, look for architectural details, particularly the varying styles of brick arches over the tops of windows and decorative brickwork at the rooflines.
Most of the buildings were well windowed to provide natural light for the workers, but from the very beginnings the mill also has gas lighting. Powerhouse no few windows. Posted by David Mark at AM. Is this the kind of person you want teaching young adults at a college? Top News Subscribe Contact Us. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Password recovery. Recover your password. Fauci October 24,
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