If anyone reads Kerouac...

[Rose]

This has nothing to do with Morrissey, but could someone please tell me, in the picture on the cover of the Riverside Books edition of Desolation Angels, what book does Kerouac have in his jacket pocket?

 

[charmer]

The picture is of Kerouac standing on the fire escape of 206 East 7th Street, NY. The book in his pocket is the railroad brakeman's manual. Hope this is what you're after

 

[charmer]

 

[charmer]

Addition

The railroad brakeman's manual was a book of rules for running a railroad. If you're interested, you can find out more at:
http://thortrains.hypermart.net/52rules1.html

 

[Rose]

Re: Addition

Thanks. You have no idea how much that was bothering me. I was just staring at the cover of the book, and I noticed the book in the pocket, and then I couldn't think about much else...maybe I just have no attention span...