Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 1: 1940-1956
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An “exhilarating” (Chicago Tribune) selection of Jack Kerouac’s most personal, truthful, and mesmerizing letters that trace his life and craft—edited by Ann Charters
“As we just now begin to map fully the fallout of [the Beat Generation’s] creative explosion, these letters offer an invaluable blueprint to the intricate, high-yield ballistics that went into creating it.”—San Francisco Examiner
It was in his letters that Jack Kerouac set down the raw material that he transmuted into his novel...
“As we just now begin to map fully the fallout of [the Beat Generation’s] creative explosion, these letters offer an invaluable blueprint to the intricate, high-yield ballistics that went into creating it.”—San Francisco Examiner
It was in his letters that Jack Kerouac set down the raw material that he transmuted into his novel...






















