Novelist; On the Road, The Dharma Bums, etc. His nonconformist, unedited style made him the leader and spokesman for the Beat generation. Born Jean-Louis Kerouac, a French-Canadian child in working-class Lowell, Massachusetts, he spoke a local dialect of French called 'joual' before he learned English. He died at the age of 47, a result of alcoholism. Rare personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to Tanner's Garage for 91.65, October 11, 1958. Accompanied by an unsigned photograph of the author. In very good condition, with usual cancellation holes and stamps, a pink stamp on the reverse affecting one letter of the signature, a vertical fold through one letter of the signature, chipped left edge. RRAuction COA.
