He didn't bother to attend a special screening, citing mixed early reviews, and didn't show up for a private party for the film. Mr. Lord ignored him. And third, Ive been able to meet some extraordinarily interesting people.. Even younger editors who may have related to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. Search by Name. Thanks to his friendship with Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Lord helped launch Stan and Jan Berenstains multimillion-selling books about an anthropomorphic bear family. Mr. Lord had met many agents during his magazine years and believed they failed to understand that the American public was becoming more urban and sophisticated. The uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. He had just turned 102. He also prided himself on his sympathy for writers who lived much wilder lives than he did. The agent eventually sold excerpts to the Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. He had a good death and died peacefully of old age, she told The Associated Press. Born to missionary parents in the West Indies, she loved the diversity of the world, believed in Read More, Alice B. Representatives of the former president informed Lord in the late 1960s that Johnson wanted $1 million for the book and that Lord should accept less than his usual commission for the honor of working with him. Lord held out for $1,000. After an influential career in publishing books for young readers,. Fame increased the problem with alcohol they killed him in 1969. Kerouac declined, but Lord was so impressed by the book that he ended up representing Kesey for his next work, Sometimes a Great Notion.. One editor wrote to Lord that Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. Some of the great sports books of the 20th century, from North Dallas Forty to Secretariat, were written by his clients. The uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. Thanks to his friendship with Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Lord helped launch Stan and Jan Berenstain's multimillion-selling books about an anthropomorphic bear family. Lord had quick success by selling film rights to two popular sports books, Rocky Grazianos Somebody Up There Likes Me and Jimmy Piersalls Fear Strikes Out. But Lords On the Road quest would prove bumpier. Sterling Lord Death - Sterling Lord, the Uniquely Enduring Literary Agent has sadly passed away at age 102. This material may not be published, broadcast, copied or distributed without permission. Leave your condolences and send flowers to the family to show you care. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following . Cynthia was born June 20, 1954 in Louisville, KY, the daughter of Raymond and Dolores (Dezutti) Blackard. After years of failed attempts, a filmed version of On the Road was released in 2012. But Kerouac was a shy and fragile man, Mr. Lord wrote. Sterling Lord, who started his own agency in 1952 and later merged with rival Literistic to form Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., was a failed magazine publisher who became, almost surely, the longest-serving agent in the book business. Even younger editors who may have related to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. Sterling Lord, the literary agent whose six-decade career began when he championed then-unknown Jack Kerouac, died on Saturday at 102, according to his daughter. Books and tennis were lifelong passions for Lord, born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1920. Sterling Lord, who started his own agency in 1952 and later merged with rival Literistic to form Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., was a failed magazine publisher who became, almost surely, the longest-serving agent in the book business. But Kerouac was a shy and fragile man, Lord wrote. [1] Five years later, during the coronavirus pandemic, Lord was profiled among other senior New Yorkers in The New York Times. Mr. Lord had represented him for a mere 44 years. In 1976, his book Returning The Serve Intelligently was included in the United States Tennis Instructional Series published by Doubleday. And third, Ive been able to meet some extraordinarily interesting people.. Lord had quick success by selling film rights to two popular sports books, Rocky Grazianos Somebody Up There Likes Me and Jimmy Piersalls Fear Strikes Out. But Lord's On the Road quest would prove bumpier. [1][3][4], After graduation, Lord joined the U.S. Army during World War II, and was an editor for a weekly magazine supplement of Stars and Stripes. Click or call (800) 729-8809. One editor wrote to Mr. Lord: Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. Oakfield - Sterling Lawrence, 66, went to be with his Lord on March 27, 2022, in Bangor. He died on Saturday in Ocala, Florida. A third author on hand that day, the writer Nicholas Pileggi, had been a client for at least 50 years. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. Frankly, I didnt want to deal with the situation at home, he told the Des Moines Register in 2015. He stayed with the company he founded until he was nearly 100 and then decided to launch a new one. Early life and education [ edit] Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa, [1] [2] on September 3, 1920. About 10 years ago Sterling Lord invited four long-term clients of his for lunch at the Regency Hotel in New York. Lord believed that Kerouac had a fresh, distinctive voice worth hearing. But the industry was not in the mood. [3], Lord then moved to New York City and entered the publishing industry. His father, a furniture executive, was also an amateur bookbinder and nourished in his son a love of books. Born in Crisfield, MD, on February 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Charles and Laura Mae Sterling. Mr. Lord had represented one of them, the sportswriter Frank Deford, for 53 years, and another, the investigative reporter and sometime novelist David Wise, for more than 60. 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Lord died Saturday in a nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. When the magazine closed in 1949, he moved to New York. She married John Atilano on Mary 17, 1947 Read More, John Michael Underwood Born: September 17, 1946 in Dixon, IL Died: February 22, 2023 in Sterling, IL John M. Underwood, 76 of Sterling, passed away very peacefully on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. Gordon was born January 26, 1940, the son of Eugene and Mary Ellen Mool of El Paso, Illinois. All rights reserved. He was born on November 23, 1987 in Sterling the son of Thomas A. and Penny S. (Mashow) Avila Jr. and was a graduate Read More, Bob Marsh's passing has been publicly announced by Schilling Funeral Home - Sterling in Sterling, IL. Carrie was born July 28, 1937 the daughter of Carl and Roda (McPherson) Blankenship. They can walk down the street, and tell that the little old lady with the shopping cart is a cop. He was alert to new trends and an early ambassador for a revolutionary cultural movement: the Beats. His upbringing, he would later write, was the kind of pleasant, orderly world the Beats were trampling on in the fifties and sixties.. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for. Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Gordon married Read More, Maurice Sweitzer Born: November 20, 1939 in Freeport, IL Died: January 21, 2023 in Sterling, IL Maurice E. Sweitzer, 83 of Sterling died Saturday January 21, 2023 at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. A number of things about this business have really caught me and made it a compelling interest, Lord said in 2013. The agent eventually sold excerpts to The Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. She was one of seven children born January 11, 1936 in Sterling Read More, Carol Brainerd Born: January 11, 1942 in Dixon, Il Died: January 6, 2023 in Oregon, IL Carol H. Brainerd went home to be with Jesus on January 6, 2023 at the Serenity Hospice House in Oregon, IL. Sterling Lord (September 3, 1920 - September 3, 2022) was an American literary agent, editor, and author. Representatives for the former president informed Lord in the late 1960s that Johnson wanted $1 million for the book and that Lord should accept less than his usual commission for the honor of working with him. His first marriage, he would acknowledge, helped inspire him to go into business for himself. Lord even recruited a doctor who unsuccessfully attempted to get Kerouac to clean up, but the businessman eventually backed away since he was his literary agent, not his life agent., Lord attended Kerouacs funeral, sharing a limousine ride with his client Jimmy Breslin and standing by the grave alongside Allen Ginsberg, the sunlight filtering through the trees, the leaves brown after losing their fall colors.. He had just turned 102. With rare persistence, he endured the initial unwillingness of publishers to take on Kerouacs unorthodox narrative and was later the longtime agent for poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, novelist Ken Kesey and poet and City Lights bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, an exceptionally tough literary agent, worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the next decades arranged deals for everyone from true-crime author Joe McGinnis to creators Berenstains books are dead. Lord would also speak proudly of a project he declined: Lyndon Johnsons memoir. In a 1983 article in The Globe and Mail of Toronto, Mr. Colbert said that it was to him that Mr. Giroux had sent Kerouac, and that it was he who had first spotted him an imperfect body with neck too long and legs too short in the office doorway. He stayed with the company he founded until he was nearly 100 and then decided to launch a new one. Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. "The Selling of the President 1968," said in an interview for this obituary in 2013, a year before he himself died: "Sterling's career encapsulated the rise and fall of literary . Lord would also speak proudly of a project he turned down: a memoir of Lyndon Johnson. Lord oversaw Kerouacs numerous posthumous releases even as he battled the authors family for control of the estate. He also prided himself on his sympathy for writers who lived far more wildly than he did. Mr. Lord attended Kerouacs funeral, sharing a limousine ride with his client Jimmy Breslin and standing by the grave alongside poet Allen Ginsberg. One editor wrote to Lord that Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. "He had a good death and died peacefully of old age," she told The Associated Press. Sterling Lord, who represented Jimmy Breslin, Art Buchwald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Parks and most famously, Jack Kerouac, died Saturday in Ocala, FL. A number of things about this business have really caught me and made it a compelling interest, Lord told the AP in 2013. A . By 1955, Kerouac was ready to give up but Lord was not. Mr. Lord found the book fresh and distinctive. Dale was born March 11, 1944 in Greenville Township, the son of Delmar and Esther (Schrader) Sugars. An editor from Viking Press contacted Lord, offering an advance of $900. Lord died Saturday, Sept 3, 2022 in a Skilled Nursing home in Ocala, Florida, according to his daughter, Rebecca Lord. Kerouac already had completed a conventional novel, The Town and the City, but had no agent and surely needed one for his next book: On the Road was typed, as Lord was among the first to know, on a 120-foot scroll of architectural tracing paper., Lord believed that Kerouac had a fresh, distinctive voice that should be heard. But the industry was not in the mood. He also prided himself on his sympathy for writers who lived far more wildly than he did. Barbara was born August 6, 1945 in Sterling the daughter Read More, Anne Atilano Born: July 26, 1927 in Gary, IN Died: February 20, 2023 in Sterling, IL Anne Atilano, age 95, of Sterling, died Monday, February 20, 2023 at Rock River Hospice and Home in Sterling. Arrangements were completed by McDonald Funeral Read More, Sylvia Rita Krummel Born: April 23, 1940 in Rock Island Died: February 4, 2023 in Rock Falls Sylvia Rita Krummel, 82, of Rock Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2023 at her home. Rarely, he boasted, did he scour for clients, let alone steal them as others were increasingly wont to do. The New York Times reported that although the list of well-known writers he represented is long, "his success began with an unknown named Jack Kerouac and his hard-to-sell novel On the Road.". Returning to the US, he worked as an editor for True and Cosmopolitan magazine, from which he was fired, before founding the Sterling Lord Literary Agency. Lord's other noted clients included Jimmy Breslin, Ken Kesey with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and political figures like John Sirica, Robert McNamara, and Ted Kennedy. Hes OK., Mr. Lords clients appreciated his gentility, which appeared in ever-sharper relief as the book business became increasingly commercial and cutthroat. It took Mr. Lord four years to sell the book, for a measly $1,000. Al was born November 28, 1942 the son of Charles and Anita (Bane) Wildman. Thanks to his friendship with Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Lord helped launch Stan and Jan Berenstains multimillion-selling books about an anthropomorphic bear family. [3] He died in Ocala, Florida, on September 3, 2022, his 102nd birthday. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. Books and tennis were lifelong passions for Lord, who was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1920. His clients included Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Howard Fast, Jimmy Breslin, and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Then there was his perfect moniker. Joe McGinniss, for whom Mr. Lord handled the celebrated 1969 study of the marketing of Richard M. Nixon, The Selling of the President 1968, said in an interview for this obituary in 2013, a year before he himself died: Sterlings career encapsulated the rise and fall of literary nonfiction in post-World War II America. Sterling Lord, who started his own agency in 1952 and later merged with rival Literistic to form Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., was a failed magazine publisher who became, almost surely, the . When Kerouac died in October 1969, Mr. Lord was at his funeral, both incongruous natty as ever in his blue shirt with the white collar and a dark necktie, as the Beat writer and historian John Clellon Holmes later wrote and at home amid the aging Beats, youthful acolytes and assorted locals gathered at a Roman Catholic church in Lowell, Mass. Lord oversaw Kerouacs numerous posthumous releases even as he battled the authors family for control of the estate. [1] While in high school, Lord was the school's newspaper editor. Johnsons The Vantage Point, ultimately published in 1971, was dismissed by critics as bland and uninformative. He represented former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame and worked often with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor with Doubleday and Viking. Mr. Lord represented Ken Keseys novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.. She was born on September 9, 1951 in Sterling the daughter of Hurley Ivan Read More, Carolyn June Hilliard Scharfenberg Born: November 26, 1947 Died: February 20, 2023 STERLING, IL " Carolyn June Hilliard Scharfenberg, age 75, passed away in her home in Sterling, IL on February 20, 2023 with her family by her side. Lorraine Read More, Mary Ferris's passing has been publicly announced by Schilling Funeral Home - Sterling in Sterling, IL. NEW YORK . A number of things about this business have really caught me and made it a compelling interest, Mr. Lord told the AP in 2013. In the early 1960s, Viking asked Lorde to obtain publicity from Kerouac for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Keseys first and best-known novel. The agent eventually sold excerpts to The Paris Review and the periodical New World Writing. He gradually yielded day-to-day management of the company Sterling Lord Literistic. I wasnt thinking of it; I was thinking of helping Jack, he said in an interview for this obituary in 2013. Sterling Lord, literary agent who shepherded On the Road, dies at 102, Kyle Kuzma, Wizards start fast and dont look back in win over Raptors, Nationals relievers see benefit in tinkering with new pitches, Roger Goodell, Muriel Bowser discussed future of RFK site in December call. First, Im interested in good writing. He became a tennis star at Grinnell College in Iowa and later was a good enough player to compete against Don Budge, among others. But his success began with an unknown named Jack Kerouac and his hard-to-sell novel On the Road.. Mr. Lord even recruited a doctor who unsuccessfully attempted to get Kerouac to clean up, but the businessman eventually backed away since he was his literary agent, not his life agent.. Sterling Lord, who started his own agency in 1952 and later merged with rival Literistic to form Sterling Lord Literistic Inc., was a failed magazine publisher who became, almost surely, the . Terry was born on December 18, 1954 in Princeton, the son of Howard and Patricia Read More, William 'Bill' Janssen Born: April 19, 1936 Died: January 16, 2023 William "Bill" Janssen died on Monday, January 16, 2023, at his home in Haymarket, Virginia, after being diagnosed with lung cancer a few months earlier. HENRIETTA L. LORD, died at her home in Columbus on April 9, 2002. . According to the funeral home, the Read More, Beulah L. Sanders Born: May 3, 1934 in Sterling, IL Died: January 29, 2023 in Sterling, IL STERLING- Beulah L. Sanders, age 88, died peacefully and surrounded by family and friends at her Home Sunday, January 29th, 2023. Lord studied English at Grinnell College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1942. In this Jan. 8 2013 file photo, literary agent Sterling Lord speaks during an interview in his New York office. [3] His father, also named Sterling, was an executive at the Leopold Desk Company in Burlington who also worked as a bookbinder. Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, Americans are spending money on beauty despite a pullback elsewhere | Ways of life, Police: 2 dead, 5 injured in Norfolk, Virginia. Books and tennis were lifelong passions. In 1957, the book was released, The New York Times raved and On the Road soon entered the American canon. Back in the U.S., he served as an editor at True and Cosmopolitan, from which he was fired, before founding the Sterling Lord Literary Agency. When a book he had handled came out in Portuguese, an unwitting translator rendered the grateful authors dedication as to the Supreme God.. In his 2013 memoir Lord of Publishing, Lord remembered first meeting Kerouac in 1952. But his success began with an unknown named Jack Kerouac and his hard-to-sell novel. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo. Even younger editors who could relate to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. He represented former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Judge John J. Sirica of Watergate fame and worked often with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor with Doubleday and Viking. Sterling Lords roster of clients produced works about sports, politics, murder and the travails of illustrated animals. Back in the United States, he served as an editor at True and Cosmopolitan, from which he was fired, before founding the Sterling Lord Literary Agency. These guys bad guys have unbelievable antennae, Mr. Pileggi said. Beloved husband of JoAnne and devoted and loving father of Tamara (Raymond). Mr. Lords long string of successes began with Jack Kerouacs novel On the Road, which he sold for $1,000. He edited his high school newspaper and was a sports stringer around the same time for the Des Moines Register. Alice was born April 15, 1939 in Dixon, the daughter of Clifford "Bill" and Harriet (Smith) Read More, Marcia Fields Born: February 23, 1946 in Sterling, IL Died: January 30, 2023 in Sterling, IL Marcia L Fields, age 76, passed away peacefully, after a courageous battle with cancer, on January 30th, 2023. It also gave him a leg up on snootier agents who may have tossed their newspaper sports sections. But Lord was virtually absent from the project, which was directed by Walter Sales and starred Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart. He didnt bother to attend a special screening, citing mixed early reviews, and didnt show up for a private party for the film. Sterling Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa, on Sept. 3, 1920, the son of Sterling and Ruth Towne Whiting Lord. Try our free interactive obituary template. Mr. Giroux had not quite rejected On the Road, but he wouldnt handle it in the form in which Kerouac had famously written it and tendered it to him: on a 120-foot scroll of architectural tracing paper. He had just turned 102. He didnt bother to attend a special screening, citing mixed early reviews, and didnt show up for a private party for the film. He didnt bother to attend a special screening, citing mixed early reviews, and didnt show up to a private party to screen the film. I decided to go home, he told the AP in 2013. Lord oversaw many of Kerouacs posthumous releases, even as he battled with the authors family for control of the estate. It was an amazing moment, recalled Mr. Pileggi, the author of Wise Guy, a book for which Mr. Lord hatched the idea, and which Martin Scorsese adapted for the 1990 movie Goodfellas. Here we were, all at an advanced age, and we were still the kids Sterling was helping.. Lord instead found a deal for Quotations from Chairman LBJ, a bestselling parody. For more than 60 years he was one of New Yorks most successful and durable literary agents, representing Jimmy Breslin, Art Buchwald, Willie Morris, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Howard Fast, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Parks, Edward M. Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara and the Berenstain Bears, among many others. He was Fiorentina captain Astori found dead aged 31 before match. Lord had quick success by selling film rights to two popular sports books, Rocky Grazianos Somebody Up There Likes Me and Jimmy Piersalls Fear Strikes Out. But Lords On the Road quest would prove bumpier. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that Brock-Broido died Tuesday at EDMONTON A Edmonton homeless man whose spontaneous piano performance was viewed on theinternetby millions ofpeople has died. Friends may call 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Bethel Pentecostal Church, Oakfield with a funeral service being held at 1 p.m. For a complete obituary and to share condolences and memories, please visit bowersfuneral.com. Lord was married four times, and had one child, Rebecca. NEW YORK -. Loren was born on September 16, 1933 in Drakesville, Iowa, the son Read More, Arvilla M. Siddens Born: November 1, 1926 in Sterling, IL Died: January 21, 2023 in Sterling, IL Arvilla M. Siddens, 96, of Sterling (formerly of Polo) passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023 with family by her side. He married Donna Smith on June Read More, Carla Ullrich Born: December 11, 1965 in Elizabethtown, KY Died: February 13, 2023 in Sterling, IL Carla Ullrich, age 57, of Loretto, KY, died Monday, February 13, 2023 at Rock River Hospice and Home in Sterling. But he continued to work, and into his 90s remained the highest-earning agent in the office. He represented former U.S. defense secretary Robert McNamara and Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame, and he often worked with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor with Doubleday and Viking. He had just turned 102. Carolyn was born on November 26, 1947 in Freeport Read More, Lucy Anderson in Rock Falls, IL in Sterling, IL Lucy Anderson, 94 of Sterling died Monday February 20, 2023 at Rock River Hospice and Home. Mike was born on May 9, 1950 in Dixon the son of Richard and Lolita (Horton) Hoyle. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouacs On the Road and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. NEW YORK (AP) Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died. Some of the great sports books of the 20th century, including North Dallas Forty and Secretariat, were written by his clients. Even younger editors who may have related to Kerouacs jazzy celebration of youth and personal freedom turned him down. He had just turned 102. He stayed with the company he founded until almost 100 years old, and then decided to open a new one. "Tony" Avila, 35 of Sterling died Sunday January 15, 2023. Mr. Lords tennis skills he had played since he was 5 years old, was nationally ranked as a teenager and in 1949 took the French national champion Marcel Bernard to five sets proved a great asset, bestowing on a small-town Iowan a confidence that he might otherwise have lacked. A memorial service will take place at 11AM Tuesday February 7, 2023 Read More, Sarah E. Orrender Born: March 13, 1932 in Chilhowie, VA Died: February 1, 2023 in Sterling, IL Sarah E. Orrender, 90 died Wednesday February 1, 2023 at Rock River Hospice & Home in Sterling, IL Sarah (Porter) Orrender was born March 13,1932 in Chilhowie, Virginia to Coy And Read More, Patricia Simester Born: February 17, 1943 in Sterling, IL Died: February 1, 2023 in Rock Falls, IL Patricia S. Simester, 79, of Rock Falls died Wednesday February 1, 2023 at her home surrounded by family. NEW YORK Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the following decades arranged deals for. Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and over the . He was well-spoken and athletic, a most able negotiator who dressed in tweed and avoided most vices. Even the customarily wary wiseguys who populate Mr. Pileggis books had faith in him. But it is not a well-made novel, not a marketable one, or even, I think, a good one.. Lord had met many agents during his years at the magazine and believed that they failed to understand that the American public was becoming increasingly urban and sophisticated. Mr. Lord persuaded HarperCollins to pay $3.2 million to lure the Berenstain Bears childrens books from Random House. Kerouac was a rough-hewed, hard-drinking New Englander who hung around with the Beats.
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