In these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac portrays himself in his life.
He hitches a ride to San Francisco with a blonde, goes on the road with
photographer Robert Frank, rides bus through the Northwest and Montana,
records the blues of an old Negro hobo, talks about the Beats and how it
all began, gives his "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" and defends his
novel The Subterraneans, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, describes
the cafeterias and subways of Manhattan, goes to a ballgame and a prize
fight, and reflects on Christmas in New England, on Murnau's Nosferatu,
on jazz & bop, and tells us what he's thinking about.