Jack Kerouac
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Jack Kerouac: "the Road is Life"
By Richard WorthExplores the author's life, the dramatic change in his life brought about by the publication of his novel On the road, and the enduring legacy he left behind.
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Jack Kerouac: Visions of Cody, Visions of Gerard, Big Sur (LOA #262)
By Jack KerouacThe third volume in The Library of America’s edition of the writings of Jack Kerouac opens with Visions of Cody, the groundbreaking work originally written in the early 1950s and published posthumously in 1972, in which Kerouac first ...
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Jack Kerouac: A Biography
By Tom ClarkSince his death, the legend of Jack Kerouac, 'King of the Beats', has contined to grow, but has often obscured the real story of a fascinating life. Tom Clark's biography now reveals the essential Kerouac.
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Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters, 1940-1956
By Jack KerouacIt was in his letters that Jack Kerouac set down the raw material that he transmuted into his novels, exploring and refining the spontaneous prose style that became his trademark....
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Jack Kerouac
By Tom ClarkNo devotee of Jack Kerouac should be without this biography, fully illustrated with over 120 magnificent photographs. Kerouac epitomized the "Beat Generation" writers of the 1950s, and his most famous...