Lot 39
Kerouac, Jack (1922-69) American author; leading chronicler of the beat generation. Typed Letter Signed on a postcard, 3¼x5½", n.p., 2 Feb. 1961. Fine. Excellent content letter to Miss Cheryl Smith, a teacher in Brooklyn NY: "In answer to your classroom questions for your assignment:- (A) My advice to teenagers who want to become writers, is, read a lot, educate yourself by private readings of books: a recent survey showed that today's successful writers all educated themselves in literature by private reading (outside the classroom)…read anything you like. I used to read Thomas Wolfe, James Joyce, Feodr Dostoievsky, Shakespeare, Jack London etc. (B) It took me 3 years to write my first novel The Town and The City (it took me 3 nights to write The Subterraneans) (C) I was born in Lowell, Mass., 25 miles orth of Boston. I have no photos of myself to send you but here's a drawing of what I look like. Jack Kerouac" At the lower right corner, he draws a head in left profile with a long line representing his body across the length of the postcard, ending in a foot. The sketch and signature are in blue ink.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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