Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
by Gerald Nicosia
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In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With "Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac--an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Dedication
- To John Jacob and Carl Macki POETS WITH HEART
- Blurbers
- Burroughs, William S.; Holmes, John Clellon; Krim, Seymour; Kerouac, Jan; McClure, Michael
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- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3521 .E735 .Z79 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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- Czech, English, French
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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