This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had all seen the inside of mental hospitals and prisons by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into a literary movement that spread across the globe in the decade and a half that followed World War II.

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This is the Beat Generation by James Campbell

Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs had all seen the inside of mental hospitals and prisons by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into a literary movement that spread across the globe in the decade and a half that followed World War II.
James Campbell is a writer, storyteller and creator of Comedy 4 Kids. He travels around schools and theatres nurturing a love of storytelling and inspiring the children's own creativity too. James can be regularly seen at the Edinburgh Festival, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and on children's TV programmes such as Blue Peter and The Big Book Babble. He lives in Suffolk with his family, some chickens and a really silly dog.
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ISBN 13 9780436204982
ISBN 10 0436204983
Title This is the Beat Generation
Author James Campbell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1999-05-20
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.