FOREWORD by Ann Charters 11 COLLECTOR''S STATEMENT 13 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 INTRODUCTION: Toward an Understanding of Jack Kerouac 17 ESSAYS by Jacob Loewentheil BECOMING KEROUAC: A Literary Education in Letters 25 SACRED DRIFT: Kerouac''s Religious Evolution 36 ROMANTIC JACK: Myth, Love, and the Spirit of the Road 49 THE LAST ROAD: Jack Kerouac''s "Conservative Turn" 61 STILL MOVING: Why Kerouac Matters 67 ITEM DESCRIPTIONS APOSTOLOS LETTERS 1940-1967 74 Letters to Lowell by Holly George-Warren 75 February 18, 1940 78 March 1940 79 May 2, 1940 80 June 1, 1940 82 June 4, 1940 82 June 9, 1940 84 September 26, 1940 84 October 27, 1940 86 December 4, 1940 86 Undated ("Friday nite"), c. 1940 90 Undated, c. 1941 92 January 8-10, 1941 94 February 3, 1941 96 February 25, 1941 96 March 28, 1941 / "Spring" 97 April, 1941 97 April 15, 1941 99 April / "Spring" 1941 101 May 12, 1941 101 May, 1941 101 February 15-16, 1942 107 March 26, 1942 109 May 26, 1967 110 ED WHITE LETTERS 1948-1968 112 Sketches in Friendship: Ed White and the Origins of "Spontaneous Prose" by Tim Hunt 113 July 8, 1948 118 November 30, 1948 118 January 15, 1949 121 May 9, 1949 121 January 16, 1950 122 March 5, 1950 125 April 12, 1950 125 April 26, 1950 125 July 5, 1950 127 August 29, 1950 129 September 23, 1950 129 November 3, 1950 131 March 2, 1951 131 March 12, 1952 133 August 31, 1953 134 August 15, 1954 137 April 28, 1957 137 June 19, 1958 140 July 21, 1958 142 August 7, 1961 142 February 9, 1962 145 May 27, 1964 146 March 1, 1965 147 October 2, 1965 147 April 21, 1968 149 THE MUSIC BETWEEN THEM: David Amram on Jack Kerouac 152 OTHER LETTERS 166 Jack Kerouac''s Quest for Beatitude by Rob Sean Wilson 167 Letter to Bill Ryan 170 Handwritten Letter to Alan Harrington 171 Two Unpublished Letters to Allen Ginsberg Touching on Buddhism 171 Typed Letter Draft to Allen Ginsberg 172 Handwritten Letter to Robert Lax 173 Letter to Gary Snyder on Completion of Visions of Gerard 175 Letter to Will Petersen 177 Letter to Filmmaker Jerry Wald 178 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 180 Letter to Neal Cassady 182 Typed Letter with Extensive Handwritten Annotations to Girlfriend Lois Sorrells 183 Letter to Sterling Lord 184 Two Notes to Carolyn Cassady 185 Holiday Card to Carolyn Cassady 186 FIRST EDITIONS AND PUBLISHED WORKS 187 Three Important Associated or Inscribed Copies of the First Edition of On the Road 189 Targ Copy 189 Extraordinary Jazz Presentation Copy 191 Kerouac''s Own First Edition Copy 192 The Town and the City, Jointly Inscribed by Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg 192 Two Inscribed First Edition Copies of The Town and the City 195 Kerouac''s Copy of His First Novel, The Town and the City 197 The Dharma Bums, Inscribed to Kerouac''s Mother and Their Cats 197 Doctor Sax, Inscribed to Lucien Carr and Francesca von Hartz 199 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of Visions of Cody 201 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHED WORKS 203 Kerouac''s First Published Story: "The Brothers" 203 Kerouac''s "Une Veille de Noel" 203 Original Printing Paris Review 11 205 Text for Pull My Daisy 205 Signed Off the Road by Carolyn Cassady 207 The Beat Scene 208 Original Printing Paris Review 43 209 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of the Evergreen Review Containing His Article "Seattle Burlesque" 209 Kerouac''s Personal Copies of Three "Girlie" Magazines with His Writing 209 JACK KEROUAC TYPESCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS 211 Unpublished Story: "Ken Harris: A Crime Tale" by a Young Kerouac 211 Jack Kerouac and His Long-Lost Brother by Richard Kopley 215 Unpublished Draft of Visions of Gerard: An Analysis 219 Kerouac, "Notes to Myself" 224 Kerouac, "Letter to Myself" 228 JACK KEROUAC''S PERSONAL VOLUMES 230 Kerouac''s Personal, Annotated Copy of Dostoyevsky''s The Possessed 231 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of Boswell''s Life of Johnson 232 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of Melville''s Shorter Novels 234 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of Pa''lante Annotated Volume with Letter 235 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of The Way of Zen 236 Kerouac''s Personal Copy of Sea & Sky 237 JACK KEROUAC''S PERSONAL POSSESSIONS 238 Kerouac''s Venerated Photo of His Brother Gerard 239 Kerouac''s Beat-Era Buddhist Mala Beads 239 Kerouac''s Personal Well-Worn Crucifix 242 Kerouac''s Crucifix with Rosary Beads 242 Kerouac''s Handwritten Railway Work Schedule 243 Kerouac''s Tobacco Pouch with Tobacco 244 Kerouac''s Personal Religious Wall Art 245 Kerouac''s Wedding Band 246 ADDENDUM: Miscellaneous Kerouac-Related Objects 248 Kerouac, Old Angel Midnight 249 Kerouac Family Legal Archive 249 Kerouac and Sampas Family Photo Negatives 251 Two Contact Sheets of Unpublished Photographs of Kerouac 251 Signed Personal Check 252 Neal Cassady''s Chess Set, Oil Portrait of Him, and Chess Books 252 Carolyn Cassady, Letters to Collector Gérard Leman 253 Chicago Jazz Record 254 Carolyn Cassady, Framed Photograph of Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and Cathy Cassady 254 Photographic Portrait of Kerouac Holding Burroughs''s Cat in Tangiers 256 Photographic Portrait of Kerouac by Ginsberg (Late in Life) 256 INDEX 259.