Kerouac
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Martin, William 2-14-97
Charters, Ann. : A Biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959, 1994.
419 pp.
Jack
Kerouac: A Biography, helps to explain how Jack Kerouac, the founder and most
important member of the Beat movement, was influenced by the rapidly changing culture
of the 1950’s, as well as, how Ker ....
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.... periods in American letters, is a pleasure. It is
about men and ideas that changed everything. That’s reason is enough o read it” (23).
Deck’s statement is true, the book is a pleasure to read. Kerouac was born in Lowell,
Massachusetts, on March 12, 1922. Kerouac went to school in New York City and
afterward served in World War II. After the war Kerouac became a wanderer, traveling
through the ....
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Number of pages: 3 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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