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Product Information
This critical biography provides a roadmap to the personal journeys that marked the life and works of American icon Jack Kerouac.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100313328366
ISBN-139780313328367
eBay Product ID (ePID)30466017
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages152 Pages
Publication NameJack Kerouac : a Biography
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Literary, American / General
Publication Year2004
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorMichael J. Dittman
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
SeriesGreenwood Biographies Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2004-009233
Reviews"[F]ulfils the premise of the Greenwood Biogrpahy Series - to provide "challenging yet accessible" biogrpehies of individuals who have influenced American and/or global culture ...a reader-friendly introduction to Kerouac's interconnected life and writing."- Journal of American Studies, "[A] top pick for high school to college-level collections....Michael Dittman focuses on the facts surrounding his life and literature and provides many alternative views of these events which students should find intriguing."- MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
Target AudienceElementary/High School
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Lc Classification NumberPs3521
Table of ContentIntroduction Timeline of Events in the Life of Jack Kerouac Youth Horace Mann and Columbia On the Sea and On the Road Bebop and Benzedrine The Town and the City Neal Cassidy The Railroad The Subterraneans and Spontaneous Prose Mexico City The West Coast Revolution Africa Fame The Beatnik Backlash
