THE DAILY BEAT: Jack Kerouac's FBI Files Part 3

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Jack Kerouac's FBI Files Part 3

Here is Part 3 in the on-going saga regarding my attempts to determine if Jack Kerouac has an FBI file (and get copies if one exists) under the Freedom of Information Act. As you can see by the above letter, my request to the San Francisco field office (contacting multiple field offices was recommended at the website Get Grandpa's FBI File) was forwarded to FBI Headquarters, which I had also contacted directly. The FBI has now assigned the same FOIPA number to all three of my requests. As I posited on December 16, perhaps one letter to FBI Headquarters is sufficient in such matters.

2 comments:

Thomas Newbold, MM, MT-BC said...: Yeah, I wouldn't go to far with the FBI. They probably have a file on you now. I dig your blog and would be honored if you took a second to look at mine.....literarymidget.blogspot.com or thenewb-log.blogspot.com....you'll find our old pal Jack mentioned on both. I also have a link to your blog on my new literary blog. Keep on bloggin' in the free world, professor.; January 7, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Tom,

Thanks. I'll definitely check out your blog(s).; January 7, 2010 at 10:24 PM

Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."