Jack's Book by Barry Gifford

Jack's Book by Barry Gifford

The classic and fascinating story of Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats and American literary legend, recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the prophets, musicians, poets, socialites, and working people who knew him. Some are famous (Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs); some are not (Jack's boyhood buddies, his lovers, his barroom companions). All have contributed to a remarkably vibrant, riveting portrait of a life. We see Jack at Columbia University and on the scene of Greenwich Village; speeding across the tarmac of America with Neal Cassidy ('Dan Moriarty' in Kerouac's classic novel, On the Road); at home with his possessive mother; in California, drinking wine and talking Buddhism; and finally, in Florida, where his life ends tragically at forty-seven years old. Jack's Book, like Kerouac's novels, makes a unique contribution to our understanding of a man and a generation that shaped the dreams and visions of those who followed.

Lee, Lawrence: - Enoch Lawrence Lee, Jr., (1912-1996) earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., from 1956 to 1977. In addition to Indian Wars in North Carolina, Dr. Lee authored the canonical The Lower Cape Fear in Colonial Days and histories of both New Hanover and Brunswick counties in North Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9780140052695
ISBN 10	0140052690
Title	Jack's Book
Author	Barry Gifford
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Group
Year published	1979-10-25
Number of pages	352
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