Books like Jack Kerouac by Steve Turner

Name: Jack Kerouac
Author: Steve Turner

An illustrated biography draws on interviews with Kerouac's friends, conversations with Allen Ginsburg and William S. Burroughs, and the body of Kerouac scholarship to provide a definitive portrait of of the iconoclastic rebel.

First publish date: 1996

Authors: Steve Turner

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📘 On The Road

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A nonfiction novel chronicling the adventures of a group of friends on their cross-country journey of discovery, featuring characters like Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty as real-life friends Neal Casady.

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📘 Desolation angels

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Desolation Angels is a semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac, a Beat Generation author, set in the North Cascade mountains of Washington state. It reflects the protagonist's increasing disenchantment with Buddhist philosophy.

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📘 Visions of Cody

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A poetic reflection on the life of Jack Kerouac’s character, Dean Moriarty, transformed into the mysterious Cody Pomeray. A collection of New York sketches from the 1950s, intimate portraits of Kerouac’s close friends, and recollections of their drug and alcohol-addicted conversations, it’s Kerouac’s most ambitious work and a companion to his celebrated 'On the Road'.

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📘 Mexico City blues

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📘 The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

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Kerouac’s meditations, koans, and prose poems explore his quest for inner peace and joy through communion with the universe.

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📘 Down and in

by Ronald Sukenick

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📘 Angelheaded hipster

by Steve Turner

Steve Turner's *Angelheaded Hipster* explores Jack Kerouac’s life, his role in the Beat Generation, and the lasting influence of his spontaneous prose and spiritual insights on twentieth‑century culture.

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📘 Henry James

by Henry James

Henry James’s annotated correspondence reveals the mind of a master novelist, offering insights into his works, literary craft, and views on sex, politics, and friendship through letters to writers, artists, and leaders.

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