Jack Kerouac’s Hand-Drawn Cowl for On the Street (1952)

This falls below the cat­e­go­ry, “If you need it performed proper, it’s a must to do it your­self.” In 1950, when Jack Ker­ouac launched his first nov­el, The City and the Metropolis, he was lower than impressed by the guide cov­er professional­duced by his pub­lish­er, Har­courtroom Brace. (Click on right here to see why.) So, in 1952, when…