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Every wonder how legendary author, recluse, and long-time Esquire contributor J.D. Salinger lived? Now you can get a first-hand experience. Literally walk where he walked, eat where he ate, sleep where he slept, and, of course, write where he wrote: All you have to do is buy his former home for $679,000.

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Located in Cornish, New Hampshire, down a long, naturally private driveway, and sitting on twelve acres sliced through by a stream and framed by woods and mountain views, not only do you get to attempt to channel Salinger's spirit, you're ensconced in the penultimate New England setting. Four bedrooms, two baths, an apartment above the garage, fireplace, cathedral ceilings, and Formica countertops the color of the iconic Catcher in the Rye cover will all leave you feeling like a king in his castle. Or, at least, a hermit-like genius. Just don't expect to pen one of the great American novels for such a low buy-in.

Esquire has been here before, with writer Ron Rosenbaum in 2010.

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Photos by and courtesy of Jim Mauchly / Mountain Graphics Photography.