Jack Kerouac
Book Description
Jack Kerouac, "King of the Beats," never intended to lead a cultural movement-he just wanted to write. As a young New Yorker in the late 1940s, Kerouac spent his days and nights discussing new ideas with other founders of the "Beat Generation," a term Kerouac reportedly coined. The phrase expressed the weariness of the postwar generation, who wanted to break free of restrictive societal standards.... More
Book Information
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 112 |
ISBN-10 | 0822566141 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0822566144 |
Publication Date | 03/01/2007 |
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