Selected Letters: 1940-56

by JackKerouac (Author), Ann Charters (Editor)

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  1995

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  In his prolific correspondence, Jack Kerouac set down the raw material of the life that he would later transmute into his multi-volume Legend of Duluoz , he also refined the seemingly freewheeling and spontaneous prose style that became his trademark. The collection of letters in this volume were written between 1940, when Kerouac was a college freshman and 1956, immediately before he became a celebrity with the publication of On the Road . They offer insights into Kerouac's family life, friendships, travels, love affairs and literary apprenticeship.