Jack Kerouac
Subtitle: An Illustrated Biography
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781556523588
Subjects: Historical - U.S.; Biography / Autobiography; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969; Biography & Autobiography; Literary; Biography/Autobiography; Biography: general; English; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; USA; Authors, American; 20th century; American authors; Beat generation; Biography
First sentence: Lying at the junction of the Merrimack and Concord rivers some 25 miles northwest of Boston, Lowell was established by white settlers in 1653, when it was a farming community known as East Chelmsford.
Description: "A visual record of the life and times of one of America's greatest writers. Featuring a foreword by Carolyn Cassady, Kerouac's lover, wife of Neal Cassady, and one of the key figures in his life, this authoritative biography presents perhaps the most judicious look at this tragic genius ever published."--BOOK JACKET.