Jack Kerouac was a French-Canadian writer born into a family of printers and local businessmen. He was exposed to French before English, and his first story was inspired by the radio show "The Shadow". He is best known for his novel On the Road, which was published in 1957 and is considered a defining work of the Beat Generation.
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The Subterraneans (1960)
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$15,000 |
Jack Kerouac was born into a French-Canadian family and spoke French before he learned English. His father was a printer and a local businessman. His first story was inspired by the radio show "The Shadow". As a young writer he styled himself after Thomas Wolfe, and attended Columbia University. Although his most famous novel is "On the Road", some of his other better known novels are "The Town and the City" and "The Dharma Burns", about a group of writers and Zen. Kerouac, who was married thrice, was a very heavy drinker, which was a major factor in his deteriorating health. He died in 1969, during emergency surgery.
