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Jack Kerouac

Biography

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are ON THE ROAD, THE DHARMA BUMS, BIG SUR and VISIONS OF CODY.

Jack Kerouac

Books by Jack Kerouac

by Jack Kerouac - Classics, Fiction

More than 40 years ago, Jack Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" --- and it's inspired every generation since.