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Rare Books
Dear Carolyn : letters to Carolyn Cassady
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Letters and postcards written by Jack Kerouac to editor, writer, and critic Patricia MacManus, who at the time was Kerouac's editor and the publicity director for Viking Press. Also postcard to MacManus from Kerouac's longtime friend Henri Cru. Also included are nine photocopies of letters and postcards from Kerouac to MacManus (these cannot be copied). In these letters and postcards he talks a lot about his books, including Dharma bums and On the road, and future writing projects, religion, other editors at Viking Press, his plans for his personal life and his mother. Also included with these letters is a sketch done by Kerouac of the Virgin Mary and infant as well as a "Holy picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe" card that Kerouac carried in his wallet.
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