Jack Kerouac
by Charters, Ann
It was in his letters that Jack Kerouac set down the raw material that he transmuted into his novels, exploring and refining the spontaneous prose style that became his trademark. The letters in this volume, written between 1940, when Kerouac was a freshman at college, and 1956, immediately before his breathless leap into celebrity with the publication of On the Road, offer invaluable insights into Kerouac's family life, his friendships with Neal and Carolyn Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and William S. Burroughs, his travels, love affairs, and literary apprenticeship. At once fascinating reading and a major addition to Kerouac scholarship, here is a rare portrait of the writer as a young adventurer of immense talent, energy, and ambition in the midst of writing and living an American legend.
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JACK KEROUAC; Selected Letters 1940--1960 / Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Ann Charters
by Charters, Ann
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San Francisco, California: Viking, 1973. First Printing [number line ends with 1]. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. B&W photos. Small quarto (9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gray boards; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of handsome Jack Kerouac, xxvi + 629 pages. Weight: 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1957-1969
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Viking , 1999 xxviii, 514 pp. "Offering unparalleled insights into the mind and life of a giant of the American literary landscape." Black cloth spine, gray boards. DJ has some light shelf wear, bit of a scuff at spine head, small closed tear at top edge of rear panel. A bright clean copy. Item Price
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Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1940-1956 and 1957-1969. 2 Volumes
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Jack Kerouac: A Bibliography 1939-1975 (Revised Edition)
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New York : The Phoenix Bookshop, 1975. Soft cover. Near Fine. Phoenix Bookshop, New York, 1975. Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Revised Edition.
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Jack Kerouac
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New York: Viking Press, 1995. Review Copy. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Selected Letters: 1940-1956. Review Copy. Hardcover. Review materials laid in. Item Price
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