July 14, 1955-Letter to Allen Ginsberg from Jack Kerouac in Rocky Mount, NC

Title

July 14, 1955-Letter to Allen Ginsberg from Jack Kerouac in Rocky Mount, NC

Description

A letter written to Allen Ginsberg while Kerouac was staying with family in Rocky Mount, NC during the summer of 1955. In it he outlines his plan to travel to San Fransico by way of New Orleans and describes picking up short-term work his brother-in-law Paul Blake's TV repair shop to earn money for the trip.

Coverage

Rocky Mount, North Carolina-San Francisco-New Orleans

Creator

Jack KerouacSee all items with this value

Date

July 14, 1955

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Source

Allen Ginsberg Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

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Subject

Beat Generation- North Carolina-Kinston-Jack Kerouac-Allen Ginsberg-On the Road-Counterculture- San Fransico

Bibliographic Citation

Jack Kerouac to Allen Ginsberg, Kinston, NC, 14 July 1955.
Allen Ginsberg Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.