Jack Kerouac
By Tom Clark
1984
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This illustrated biography focuses on one of the major names in post-war popular culture. Kerouac epitomized the "Beat Generation" of 50s America, and his most famous novel "On the Road" provided a textbook for the bohemian life-style that has attracted disenchanted youth ever ince.
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Author
Tom Clark
Author · 10 books
Clark was an American poet, editor and biographer. Clark was educated at the University of Michigan and served as poetry editor of "The Paris Review" from 1963 to 1973 and published numerous volumes of poetry with Black Sparrow Press. His literary essays and reviews have appeared in "The New York Times," "Times Literary Supplement," and many other journals.
