The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel

Synopsis

In the spring of 1943, during a stint in the Merchant Marine, twenty-one-year old Jack Kerouac set out to write his first novel. Working diligently day and night to complete it by hand, he titled it The Sea Is My Brother . Now, nearly seventy years later, its long-awaited publication provides fascinating details and insight into the early life and development of an American literary icon.