Jack Kerouac letters, 1949-1968 [manuscript].

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Jack Kerouac letters, 1949-1968 [manuscript].

Collection contains original and copies of correspondence between Ed White and Jack Kerouac (1950, 1951, 1968); Ed White letter to parents discussing Kerouac (1951) and notes about characters from On the Road (1979); original newspapers clippings and copy of invitation related to Kerouac's books signing event in Denver, Colo. (1949); copy of inscription by Kerouac to Justin Brierly from fly leaf of The Town and the City (1949).

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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens. Kerouac spent much of his youth engaged in sports and other physical activities. His athletic prowess earned him a...

White, Ed,

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