NP: Terry, the Mexican Girl

[Henry M]

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-beatrice-kozera-20130825,0,5129128.story
Until three years ago, Bea Kozera, who died this month at age 92, did not
know she played a role in American literature.

In 1947 she had an affair with a man she met on a Greyhound bus leaving
Bakersfield. He was Jack
Kerouac<http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/literature/jack-kerouac-PEHST002268.topic>,
who would go on to write "On the Road," a book that defined a generation
rebelling against conformity. The
Beat<http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/the-beat-%28music-group%29-PECLB00000014552.topic>Generation
would help fuel the social upheavals of the '60s. She was the
real-life woman behind "Terry, the Mexican girl," a character in the novel
and a pivotal part of his career.

Without their encounter, "On the Road" may not have been published. The
book was rejected for six years until the Paris Review published the
excerpt "The Mexican Girl" in 1955. Kozera, known then as Bea Franco, is
mentioned by name more than 20 times in Kerouac biographies. For decades,
many researchers looked for her to no avail.
Yours truly,
٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
Henry Musikar, CISSP
http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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