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If I have to read one biography of Kerouac, should it be this book?

Bennett Hoffman yes... I read it and it was wonderful, like I was coming to know him...also this from Wiki:
"After completing her doctorate, she worked with Jack Kero…moreyes... I read it and it was wonderful, like I was coming to know him...also this from Wiki:
"After completing her doctorate, she worked with Jack Kerouac to compile his bibliography.[2] After his death she wrote the first Kerouac biography,[2][3] Kerouac: A Biography (1973). Charters' book is unique as she was the only biographer who had access to Kerouac and interviewed him about the circumstances in which he wrote his books.[citation needed] She also edited his posthumous collection Scattered Poems."(less)

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