Full name: Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac

Authors: Barry Gifford, Lawrence Lee Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781560257394 9780140052695 1560257393 0140052690

Here, in what has become a classic of its kind since its publication in 1978, is the 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 Jack Kerouac. Some are famous like Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, among others; and some are not like Jack's boyhood buddies, his lovers, and his barroom companions. All, however, 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. Similar books: Jack Kerouac by Steve Turner Kerouac by Ann Charters Gentleman Junkie by Graham Caveney Jack Kerouac by Tom Clark Desolate Angel by Dennis McNally Literary Outlaw by Ted Morgan William Burroughs by Barry Miles Neal Cassady by David Sandison Subterranean Kerouac by Ellis Amburn Memory Babe by Gerald Nicosia Ginsberg by Barry Miles I Celebrate Myself by Bill Morgan Simone de Beauvoir by Deirdre Bair Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Susan Hertog There's More to Life Than This by Theresa Caputo The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle by Michael J. Mooney The Women of Duck Commander by Kay Robertson