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Barry Gifford, Lawrence Lee Jack's Book

An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac

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Book information

Penguin Group USA

USA

2012

REV UPD

Paperback

344

Standard

280426

978-0-14-312188-6

0-14-312188-X

Authors, American; 20th century; Biography.

Annotation

First published in 1978, "Jack's Book" gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the "King of the Beats." Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouac's story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouac's ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biography--the first of its kind--presents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation.

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