ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 24, 1968. Short letter to American Literature teacher Mr. Knight. In full: “Tell Miss Scarmazzi Grandpa also gives her an ‘A.’—Gracci, Jack Kerouac.” Kerouac is referring to Vick Scrmazzi’s10-page paper entitled “Little Paradises Take Their Time: A Critical Analysis of Maggie Cassidy,” a copy of which is included with this letter. In fine condition.
Maggie Cassidy was Kerouac’s largely autobiographical novel about life in Lowell, Massachusetts, first published in 1959. Spanning the years 1938 and 1939, Kerouac chronicled his one-time high school relationship with teenage sweetheart Mary Carney. Though written in 1953, the work—which Kerouac apparently enjoyed having had analyzed in a literature class—was not published until two years after the success of On the Road. A pleasant response mailed just one year before the great writer’s sudden death. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
