Jack Kerouac: A Biography

by Michael J. Dittman

Book Overview

From relative obscurity, even at the time of his death in 1969, Jack Kerouac has risen to icon status with invigorated interest at all levels of scholarship and readership. This biography serves an important purpose in cutting through both the hagiography and the critical backlash that still surrounds the figure most closely identified with the Beat movement. Using the same structure--the events of his life-- that Kerouac himself utilized in writing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313328366
• ISBN13: 9780313328367
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.6"