This author's long-lost early novel The Sea is My Brother was inspired by his short stint in the Merchant Marines.
This author's long-lost early novel The Sea is My Brother was inspired by his short stint in the Merchant Marines. The title alchemist attempts to defeat the Great World Snake in his novel Doctor Sax. His time as a fire lookout in the Cascades inspired two of his novels, a part of his "Duluoz Legend" called Desolation Angels and a book in which Japhy Rider introduces Ray Smith to (*) Buddhism. Three trips to Raton Canyon are chronicled in his novel Big Sur, which was published five years after a novel in which Carlo Marx and Old Bull Lee are among the friends of the wandering protagonists, Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise. For 10 points, name this Beat writer who penned The Dharma Bums and On the Road.
This author's long-lost early novel The Sea is My Brother was inspired by his short stint in the Merchant Marines.
Jack Kerouac [or Jean-Louis Kerouac]