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Lost until the manuscript surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 2002, this unfinished work by Kerouac (1922–69) covers much the same ground as The Town and the City, his first published novel. Also set in Galloway (Kerouac's fictional name for his hometown, Lowell, MA), it, too, chronicles the life of the Martin family in the years leading up to World War II, a war that would take the lives of Sebastian Sampas and Billy Chandler, boyhood friends of Ker...Log In or Sign Up to Read More