Exploring The Catcher in the Rye
: album
/ tour
Holden went to a prep school in Pennsylvania that ran ads which promised
excellence (p. 2). This is a copy (from microfilm) of a page of ads in
The New York Times Magazine (13 June 1948 -- Holden's parents
probably would have been considering schools in 1948, really every year, because
he kept getting kicked out of them).
Some ads link to a closer view:
Valley Forge Military Academy (J.D.
Salinger went to this school at one point and he is said to have
based Pencey Prep on it. Their Web page:
http://www.vfmac.edu)
The Wooster School (this name is reminiscent of
the Whooton School in the book.)
Admiral Billard Academy (corny
imagery -- Holden talked about how corny Pencey's ads were.)
upper right side of page (a bunch,
not so close up.) 125K
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