The letters in this volume, written between 1940 and 1956, offer valuable insights onto <strong>Kerouac</strong>'s family life, friendships, travels, love affai... » 

The letters in this volume, written between 1940 and 1956, offer valuable insights onto Kerouac's family life, friendships, travels, love affairs, and literary apprenticeship. They also provide accounts of the events that inspired On the Road, Visions of Cody and The Dharma Burns. «