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1	On the Road more books like this by Jack Kerouac Sal Paradise, a young writer, travels from New York to Los Angeles with his friend Dean Moriarty, and an assorted hodgepodge of women, bohemians, and others. Rich descriptions of characters, places and music show Kerouac's exuberance and his love of the freedom of the road. Revolutionary not only in subject matter but also in style, this book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Dharma Bums more books like this by Jack Kerouac Another autobiographical novel from Kerouac, THE DHARMA BUMS, encompasses the ideals of freedom set forth by Whitman and Thoreau, with Buddhism thrown in for good measure. Focusing on the friendship between Ray Smith (modelled on Kerouac) and Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder), the Buddhist sub-theme is evoked in Smith and Ryder's wish to introduce the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	On the Road: The Original Scroll more books like this by Jack Kerouac This bible of the Beat Generation is a modern classic of the unforgettable exuberance, poignancy, and passion of the 1950s. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of "On the Road" comes Kerouac's original scroll version, published in a standard book format. see all copies from $4.49! new only from $4.49! \| SVS
4	Big Sur more books like this by Jack Kerouac Duluoz, the protagonist previously of DOCTOR SAX, has written a book entitled ON THE ROAD. Suddenly, he's deified by young people who pursue him in search of wisdom. Overwhelmed, Duluoz runs to Big Sur, to revisit his own past. Alcoholic, alone in his cabin, he disintegrates--then goes back home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Desolation angels more books like this by Jack Kerouac The classic novel from the definitive voice of the Beat Generation, Desolation Angels is the story of Kerouac's life just before the publication of On the Road--as told through his fictional self--Jack Duluoz. As he hitches, walks, and talks his way across the world, Duluoz perceives the angel that is in everything. It is life as he sees it. see all copies from $2.63! new only from $8.28! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Visions of Cody more books like this by Jack Kerouac Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different form for On the Road. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.28! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Subterraneans more books like this by Jack Kerouac Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classic, On The Road. Centering on the tempestous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the 1950s San Francsico underground--The Subterraneans is a ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $3.94! \| first editions
8	The town and the city more books like this by Jack Kerouac Kerouac's first novel, compared in its day (1950) with the work of Thomas Wolfe, is about an ambitious but struggling writer, his family, and his small-town background. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $2.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Maggie Cassidy more books like this by Jack Kerouac Written in 1953, published in 1959 (after the 1957 publication of Kerouac's On the Road made him famous overnight) and long out of print, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England mill town is one of Kerouac's most accessible works. see all copies from $3.29! new only from $9.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Lonesome Traveler more books like this by Jack Kerouac In his first frankly autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac tells the exhilarating story fo the years when he was writing th books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years of wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California, a steward on a tramp steamer, and a fire lookout on the crest of Desolation Peak in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.33! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three more books like this by Jack Kerouac Kerouac wrote this novel in 1952, five years before ON THE ROAD was published. It is, like his other works, highly autobiographical; it tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy coming of age in a New England mill town. Despite panning it almost universally, critics nevertheless found themselves acknowledging Kerouac's "peculiar genius ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $8.43! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Some of the Dharma more books like this by Jack Kerouac Kerouac's Buddhist writings, including story ideas, poems, fiction, letters, and journal entries. Kerouac compiled this collection in the mid-1950s, but the book was never published in his lifetime. It makes clear Kerouac's passionate commitment to Buddhism, of which he was a lifelong student. see all copies from $6.58! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Satori in Paris more books like this by Jack Kerouac see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.21! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Orpheus Emerged more books like this by Jack Kerouac This highly autobiographical work, set at a very Columbia-like university, was written in 1945, when Kerouac was 23. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| first editions
15 view cover	Book of Dreams more books like this by Jack Kerouac A collection of Kerouac's dreams, written spontaneously after awakening. Many dreams involve cats, and many include characters from Kerouac's novels "doing further strange things for no other particular reason than the mind goes on, the brain ripples, the moon sinks, and everybody hides their heads under pillows with sleepingcaps." This book was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.83! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Tristessa more books like this by Jack Kerouac Kerouac's hymn to a Mexico City junkie named Tristessa is an underappreciated work considered by beat aficionados to be one of his best. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $6.64! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960: On the Road/The Dharma Bums/The Subterraneans/Tristessa/Lonesome Traveler/From the Journals 1949-1954 more books like this by Jack Kerouac, Douglas Brinkley (Editor) This book is the first of a projected two-volume set of Kerouac's letters. see all copies from $18.98! new only from $19.68! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses more books like this by Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac, who died in 1969 at the age of forty-seven, is renowned as the father of the "beat generation." His eighteen internationally acclaimed books -- including "On the Road, Doctor Sax, The Subterraneans," and "Lonesome Traveler" -- were important signpost in a new American literature. Here, in "Mexico City Blues," his only collection of ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $8.16! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Door Wide Open more books like this by Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac and Joyce Glassman met on a blind date in 1957, when he was 35 and almost famous, and she was a 21-year-old aspiring novelist. For two years they had a tumultuous relationship that included the letters collected here--a passionate record of a crucial time in the lives of two writers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| first editions
20 view cover	Atop an underwood : early stories and other writings more books like this by Jack Kerouac The work that made Jack Kerouac famous shows its roots in this collection of his juvenilia. This book includes sketches and stories from Kerouac's teenage and early college years and a fragment of a novel he wrote about his tenure in the Merchant Marines. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition more books like this by Jack Kerouac This bible of the Beat Generation is a modern classic of the unforgettable exuberance, poignancy, and passion of the 1950s. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of "On the Road" comes Keroacs original scroll version, published in a standard book format. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $7.25! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Visions of Gerard more books like this by Jack Kerouac Another novel-as-autobiography, in which Jean Duluoz relates the story of his brother Gerard, who died as a nine-year-old when Jean was four. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.04! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	On the Road: 40th Anniversary Edition more books like this by Jack Kerouac Here is a 40th-anniversary edition of one of the most influential books to come out of the Beat movement. "On the Road" is the kind of book people will read and re-read, and this beautiful edition will replace whatever battered paperback edition fans now have on the shelf. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $13.50! \| first editions
24 view cover	Scripture of the Golden Eternity more books like this by Jack Kerouac Kerouac's meditations, koans, and prose poems delineate his search for inner peace. see all copies from $3.13! new only from $5.26! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Vanity of Duluoz : an adventurous education 1935-46 more books like this by Jack Kerouac Originally subtitled "An Adventurous Education, 1935-1946", this book is a key volume in Kerouac's lifework, the series of autobiographical novels he referred to as The Legend of Duluoz. A wonderfully unassuming look back at the origins of his career--a prehistory of the Beat era, written from the perspective of the psychedelic '60s. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $9.64! \| first editions \| SVS

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