Kerouac, Jack "Big Sur" 1962 Book Signed Autograph Beat Generation

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Jack Kerouac-"Big Sur"-1962-Farrar Strauss & Cudahy-4 1/2" X 8"-241 pages-hardcover book-First Edition-Signed By Author. Please note this book is a First Printing which has been re-bound.Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. Along with William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, he is amongst the best known of the writers (and friends) known as the Beat Generation.Kerouac's work was popular, but received little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, he is considered an important and influential writer who inspired others, including Tom Robbins, Lester Bangs, Richard Brautigan, and Ken Kesey, and writers of the New Journalism. Kerouac also influenced musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Simon & Garfunkel, and Jim Morrison.Kerouac's best-known books are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.Kerouac spent many of the years between 1947 and 1951 on the road, although he often spent extended periods at his mother's home and in the Florida home he purchased for her.Kerouac's search for a life worth living in the 1950's led him to recreational drug use and to travel, not only across the North America but throughout the world. His writing is credited as a reluctant catalyst for the 1960s counterculture. The book has been autographed read more

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