Kerouac, Jack,

Lonesome Traveler.

NY, Grove Press, (1977). 7th prtg. VG PB. "Jack Kerouac, new Buggha of American prose who spit forth intelligence creating a spontaneous bop prosody and original. classic literature>" Allen Ginsberg Father of the beat generation, one of the msot acclaimed (and criticized writ3rs of modern times, Kerouac died in 1969 at the age of 47. In this gook he has told the whole exhilirating story of the years when he wa writiing the books hat captivated and infuriated the reading public- the rewtless years of wandering= during which he worked on the railroad in Califoria , iin the galley of a trampsteamer that sailed the coasts of America, and as a fire lookout on the peaks of the Cascade Mountains. The author of 18 books - including On the Road, Dr. Sax, Dharma bums, The Subterraneans, and Mexico City Blues- describes a mixture of "life as lived by an independent educated penniless rake going anywhere. Kerouac explains "There is nothing nobler than to put up with a few inconveniences like snakes and dust for the sake of absolute freedom.

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