Jack Kerouac signed letter to girlfriend Lois re: Bob Donlin & a Vermont cabin

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Jack Kerouac signed letter to girlfriend Lois re: Bob Donlin & a Vermont cabin:
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JACK KEROUAC HANDWRITES A LETTER TOHIS GIRLFRIEND LOIS SORRELLS, ASKING FOR A SHORT STORY AND REMINDING HER “STARTCHECKING ON THAT VERMONT CABIN!”

JACK KEROUAC (1922-1969). Kerouac was an American novelist who was oneof the preeminent members of the Beat Generation; he is best remembered for On The Road.

ALS.1pg. 4” X 6”. No date. No place. Anautograph letter signed “Jack” in pencil to Lois SorrellsBeckwith, one of his lovers. The authorwrote in pencil: “Here's some money - Please bring that short story by BobDonlin, "10 Days in May" I left there - Also start checking on thatVermont cabin! Jack XXX”. Beckwithis a poet; she was the model for the the character “Louise” inBig Sur.She and Kerouac lived together for a few years and the Vermont referencewas likely to a romantic getaway. BobDonlin (1924-1996) was a Kerouac friend and the person after whom the character“Rob Donnelly” inDesolation Angels is modeled. Donlin ran the renowned Club Passim in the1970s in Harvard Square. There is anhorizontal fold and light smudging to parts of the pencil writing.

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