The inverted forest (J. D. Salinger)

J. D. Salinger

“Cosmopolitan”, December, 1947

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The following diary extract is dated December 31, 1917. It was written in Shoreview, Long Island by a little girl named Corinne von Nordhoffen. She was the daughter of Sarah Keyes Montross von Nordhoffen, t...