Kerouac
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Martin, William 2-14-97
Charters, Ann. : A Biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959, 1994.
419 pp.
Jack
Kerouac: A Biography, helps to explain how Jack Kerouac, the founder and most
important member of the Beat movement, was influenced by the rapidly changing culture
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.... and future. Everything is very detailed throughout the book.
According to Deck: “Ann Charter’s ‘Kerouac,’ taken as straight biography or as an
evocation of perhaps one of the liveliest periods in American letters, is a pleasure. It is
about men and ideas that changed everything. That’s reason is enough o read it” (23).
Deck’s statement is true, the book is a pleasure to read. Kerouac was born in Lowell,
Massachusetts, on Ma ....
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