Kanada Williams was visiting the scene of James Dean’s fatal accident

She felt no emotion as she tied her friend’s bra to a nearby fence

Valerie wanted to be near to her hero

Other admirers had created a shrine and a variety of items were to be found

A child’s whistle

An apple

A bottle of Coca Cola

A number of hubcaps

An Indiana license plate

Near the thin fence Kanada soon noticed that somebody had left a copy of her latest book

Driving Naked in the Desert

As a homage to the late actor

She picked it up and placed it into her canvas bag

It was the copy that she had signed earlier at a nearby gas station

For a young Japanese couple

Who had spotted her buying an apple and a bottle of Coca Cola

Near the shrine a Maltese acrobat and his sister

Were performing in the middle of the road

Kanada watched them for an hour as they skilfully avoided the oncoming traffic

Their names were Keg and Ko

At about quarter to six she returned to her car and began to drive towards Salinas

Later she cried in her hotel room

When she discovered that Walt Whitman

Had never visited Malta