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Author: Jack Kerouac
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ISBN: 0141001879

Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958

On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson (then Joyce Glassman) met Jack Kerouac in January 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of On the Road. Get Door Wide Open literature books for free.
She was an adventurous, independent-minded twenty-one-year-old; Kerouac was already running on empty at thirty-five. This unique book, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other, reveals a surprisingly tender side of Kerouac. It also shares the vivid and unusual perspective of what it meant to be young, Beat, and a woman in the Cold War fifties. Reflecting on those tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, bringing to life her love affair with one of American letters' most Check Door Wide Open our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

Door Wide Open Download

Reflecting on those tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, bringing to life her love affair with one of American letters' most

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