Letter to a Magazine About an Influential Book

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing in response to a call for submissions on the subject of books that have influenced us. I would like to mention Jack Kerouac’s classic road novel, On the Road , which shaped my life like no other.

In case you have not read it, On the Road is the tale of one man’s adventures crossing the United States in the late 1940s. It is a frenetic and exciting journey, but also fraught with troubles. It tends to excite in young people a passion for travel, and I was no different. As a young man, I read this book and immediately wanted to take off for my own voyages in my own country, and since then I have been constantly in love with life on the road.

For more than a half-century, this novel has shaped the lives of countless people in Suggested change: dozens of countries, and I suspectdozens of countries, and I suspect1dozens of countries and I suspect it will continue to do so for decades to come. It has inspired Suggested change: poets, authors, and musicianspoets, authors, and musicians2poets and authors and musicians with its notions of freedom and enthusiasm, and I think that those readers of yours Suggested change: who are not yet familiar with itwho are not yet familiar with it3that are not yet familiar should seek it out and give it a chance.

Suggested change: Yours faithfully,Yours faithfully,4Sincerely,

David Wills