false 3771 2 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 untapped restlessness of America in the 1950s. On the Road is certainly his most recognized and influential work, but among his other efforts are books and stories that range from inspired beauty and to sad desperation. Ann Charters, who wrote the first Kerouac biography in 1973 and worked with him in preparing his first bibliography, has assembled here a first-rate sample of some of his better work. The collection is a perfect way to sample Kerouac and necessary for those looking past <b>On the Road</b>. 1354192 1995 The Portable Jack Kerouac (The Viking Portable Library) total:193|5:62|4:76|3:49|2:5|1:1| 193 772 250 9 4 0 false false Fri Aug 28 18:17:16 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 18:17:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 05:45:29 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:46:52 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 16 09:07:13 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 10:18:29 -0800 2008 on the road to the subternaneans. essential kerouac.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 10 21:13:15 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 21:13:15 -0700 2008 Excellent overview of his work, with small but georgeous selections of his lesser-known material- letters, memoir(y) stuff, occasional poems.

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