Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats (American)

Title: Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats (American) Author: Barry Miles ISBN: 9780805060447 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Published: 1999 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. I 1653236 Publisher Description: More than forty years after the publication of On the Road, Jack Kerouac is more widely read and revered by a new generation than ever before. Why this is so is the subject of Barry Miles's fresh and revealing portrait of the writer who is the acknowledged leader of the Beats, the group of writers that included Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Gary Snyder, who together influenced the direction of writing and culture more than any group of artists since England's Bloomsbury. Drawing on Kerouac's cl