Handwritten letter by Jack Kerouac
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Author: Kerouac, Jack
Title: Handwritten letter from Jack Kerouac to Lois Sorrells Beckwith
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Original 8 line manuscript letter handwritten in pencil on single sheet of paper. 15x10 cm (6x4").
The letter reads in full: "Dear Lois - Here's some money - Please bring that short story by Bob Donlin, '10 Days in May' I left there - Also start checking on that Vermont cabin! Jack XXX." The poet Lois Sorrells Beckwith was a romantic partner of Kerouac for a number of years, and the person after whom the character "Louise" in Big Sur is modeled. Beckwith and Jack Kerouac met in 1958, lived together for a few years, and remained friends until Kerouac's death. The letter was part of a lot of ephemera owned by Beckwith sold at Sotheby's in May of 1979. Bob Donlin appears as "Rob Donnelly" in Kerouac's Desolation Angels.
Author: Kerouac, Jack
Title: Handwritten letter from Jack Kerouac to Lois Sorrells Beckwith
Place Published: No place
Publisher:
Date Published: No place
Description:
Original 8 line manuscript letter handwritten in pencil on single sheet of paper. 15x10 cm (6x4").
The letter reads in full: "Dear Lois - Here's some money - Please bring that short story by Bob Donlin, '10 Days in May' I left there - Also start checking on that Vermont cabin! Jack XXX." The poet Lois Sorrells Beckwith was a romantic partner of Kerouac for a number of years, and the person after whom the character "Louise" in Big Sur is modeled. Beckwith and Jack Kerouac met in 1958, lived together for a few years, and remained friends until Kerouac's death. The letter was part of a lot of ephemera owned by Beckwith sold at Sotheby's in May of 1979. Bob Donlin appears as "Rob Donnelly" in Kerouac's Desolation Angels.
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Original fold, general light wear and soiling; very good.
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Handwritten letter by Jack Kerouac
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