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Jack Kerouac : a biography / Michael J. Dittman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dittman, Michael J.
- Series:
- Greenwood biographies 1540-4900
- Greenwood biographies, 1540-4900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Kerouac, Jack.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Beats (Persons)--Biography.
- Beats (Persons).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Youth 1
- Chapter 2 Horace Mann and Columbia 11
- Chapter 3 On the Sea and on the Road 15
- Chapter 4 Bebop and Benzedrine 23
- Chapter 5 The Town and the City 27
- Chapter 6 Neal Cassady 31
- Chapter 7 The Railroad 47
- Chapter 8 The Subterraneans and Spontaneous Prose 55
- Chapter 9 Mexico City 63
- Chapter 10 The West Coast Revolution 67
- Chapter 11 Africa 73
- Chapter 12 Fame 77
- Chapter 13 The Beatnik Backlash 89
- Chapter 14 Decline 97
- Chapter 15 Death 111
- Chapter 16 Legacy 121.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-129) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313328366
- OCLC:
- 55018777
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