How to Go On the Road Like Jack Kerouac
Anyone who has delighted in Jack Kerouac's classic novel "On the Road," has likely daydreamed of crossing the country in a similarly free-spirited style. Here's how to follow in Jack's footsteps-and tire treads-as you take to the open road. [... more]
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Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac
 Essential to understanding Jack: I love oral histories, and I Kerouac's alright. Its neat that the people responsible for this book collected and intereviewed some of Jack's friends from before he became famous. I was also unaware of his firt's marriages [... more]
$15.95
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Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) On the Road was published in 1957, six years after its completion. It went on to become a bestseller and is considered the quintessential statement of the 1950's literary movement known as the Beat Generation. Born in ... [... more]
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Lisa Conrad
This book includes Donald Hall, Jack Kerouac, Robert Kelly, Bill Lee, Paul Metcalf, Anne Waldman, Tom Clark, and Bernadette Mayer. The quality of the work in this anthology varies widely, but the sheer unlikeliness of a volume of neo-beat ... [... more]
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John Morthland
Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional ... [... more]
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RV Upgrade: Satellite Dish
Bruce's assistant Bobby Ray Adams routes the wiring for the newly installed satellite-TV system. These days, going "on the road" in America isn't quite what it was when Steinbeck and Kerouac envisioned it. Now, among other conveniences, you can [... more]
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Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats [... more]
$24.95
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Steve Turner
Steve Turner is the author of Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye, A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song, Hungry for Heaven: Rock and Roll and the Search for Redemption, Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster, and Van ... [... more]
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How to Visit Jack Kerouac's Grave
Beat poet Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, an industrial and artsy town North of Boston. Kerouac was buried in Lowell in 1969, at Edson Cemetery. To this day, visitors leave flowers, wine and notes on the grave. If you want to do ... [... more]
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The Portable Jack Kerouac (The Viking Portable Library)
Amazon.com Review: Jack Kerouac produced a substantial body of writings in his mercurial career. His drug- and alcohol-inspired furious bursts on the typewriter created energetic and exciting prose, chronicling his experiences and impressions of the [... more]
$17.00
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Empty Phantoms: Interviews and Encounters with Jack Kerouac
Interesting Collection: I haven't read Maher's bio of Kerouac (and may pass on it in lieu of Brinkley's anticipated work) but this book is indeed a nicely-assembled collection of articles on & interviews of Jack Kerouac spanning his entire " [... more]
$17.95
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Why Kerouac Matters
Amazon.com Review: The author of Hip: The History reveals the lessons of the original hipster bible, On the Road Legions of youthful Americans have taken On the Road as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more [... more]
$23.95
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