Barry Miles books folders: 'A35 Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats - Virgin Hardback, Reviews'
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Photocopies and clippings of press reviews of Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats. A Portrait, 1998-2002. Letter from John Lash asking Miles to write a foreword about Jan Kerouac for the reissued edition of Baby Driver, her first book, 3 June 1998.
Barry Miles books folders: 'A35 Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats - Virgin update version'
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Cover letter from Virgin editor, sending copies of the book to Miles, 4 July 2002. Draft postscript to the 2002 edition of the book, April 2002. Draft of cover copy, 2002. Copies of emails from the Beat University group, press cuttings, and printouts of articles about Kerouac scroll, letters and ...
Barry Miles books folders: 'A35 Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats - Henry Holt, American edition, Business'
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Correspondence (13 email printouts) with editors enclosing corrections to the text and regarding Miles's publicity tour in the United States, July-October 1998. Photocopies of three letters and documents regarding some objections to the text sent to the editors by John Sampas and Brad Parker, Aug...
Barry Miles books folders: 'A35 Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats - Henry Holt, American edition, Reviews'
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Clippings and photocopies of reviews of the book, 1998-1999. Five letters from fans, academics, and people who knew Kerouac, with suggestions for corrections, April-December 1999. Complete issue of Last Laugh no. 139, sent to Miles by Bill Blackolive, with cover letter, undated.
Barry Miles books folders: 'A36 Jack Kerouac, Roi des Beatnicks - Les Editions du Rocher, French edition'
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Eleven letters and one postcard from editors regarding the translation in French of Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats, September 1995-October 1998. Two letters mentions a project to do a French edition of Miles's Burroughs book. Signed agreement for the French edition, 10 July 1996. Newspaper cutti...
Barry Miles books folders: 'A37 The Beat Hotel - Research'
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Research papers for The Beat Hotel. Ginsberg, Burroughs and Corso in Paris 1957-1963, including: communications (six letters and one postcard) with people who lived at the Beat Hotel regarding Miles's request to interview them for the book, September 1996-Feburary 1998; Miles's brief biographica...