 As the notoriety of The Catcher in the Rye grew , Salinger gradually withdrew from public view . In 1953 , he moved from an apartment at 300 East 57th Street , New York , to Cornish , New Hampshire . Early in his time at Cornish he was relatively sociable , particularly with students at Windsor High School . Salinger invited them to his house frequently to play records and talk about problems at school . One such student , Shirley Blaney , persuaded Salinger to be interviewed for the high school page of The Daily Eagle , the city paper . Nonetheless , after Blaney 's interview appeared prominently in the newspaper 's editorial section , Salinger cut off all contact with the high schoolers without explanation . He was also seen less frequently around town , meeting only one close friend — jurist Learned Hand — with any regularity . He also began to publish with less frequency . After the 1953 publication of Nine Stories , he published only four stories through the rest of the decade ; two in 1955 and one each in 1957 and 1959 . 
