Table of Contents

Introduction
Timeline of Events in the Life of Jack Kerouac
Youth
Horace Mann and Columbia
On the Sea and On the Road
Bebop and Benzedrine
The Town and the City
Neal Cassidy
The Railroad
The Subterraneans and Spontaneous Prose
Mexico City
The West Coast Revolution
Africa
Fame
The Beatnik Backlash

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This critical biography provides a roadmap to the personal journeys that marked the life and works of American icon Jack Kerouac.

About the Author

Michael J. Dittman teaches English at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He has published poetry and has contributed critical articles for Contemporary American Women Poets (Greenwood, 2001) and American Literature Archive.

Reviews

"[F]ulfils the premise of the Greenwood Biogrpahy Series - to provide "challenging yet accessible" biogrpehies of individuals who have influenced American and/or global culture ...a reader-friendly introduction to Kerouac's interconnected life and writing."-Journal of American Studies

?[A] top pick for high school to college-level collections....Michael Dittman focuses on the facts surrounding his life and literature and provides many alternative views of these events which students should find intriguing.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch

?[F]ulfils the premise of the Greenwood Biogrpahy Series - to provide "challenging yet accessible" biogrpehies of individuals who have influenced American and/or global culture ...a reader-friendly introduction to Kerouac's interconnected life and writing.?-Journal of American Studies

"ÝA¨ top pick for high school to college-level collections....Michael Dittman focuses on the facts surrounding his life and literature and provides many alternative views of these events which students should find intriguing."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch

"[A] top pick for high school to college-level collections....Michael Dittman focuses on the facts surrounding his life and literature and provides many alternative views of these events which students should find intriguing."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch