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1	Big Sur more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $4.12! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	On the Road more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Factotum more books like this by Charles Bukowski add to wishlist Bukowski tells the powerful story of a man who wanders the streets, moving from job-to-job to support his favorite pastimes--women, drinking, gambling, and writing. Soon to be coming to the big screen. see all copies from $5.95! new only from $7.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dharma Bums more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $2.12! new only from $5.44! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Visions of Cody more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist Kerouac's classic fictional tribute to Neal Cassady. Many years before its first unabridged publication, 'Visions of Cody' became an underground classic. Written by Kerouac at his creative zenith, the book is a celebration of the life of Neal Cassady, his great friend and inspiration. Appearing here as Cody Pomeray, Cassady was also immortalised ... see all copies from $3.25! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The First Third more books like this by Neal Cassady add to wishlist Beat icon Neal Cassady (the main character in "On the Road") tells his own story--the hustling, the homelessness, the traveling on the road. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $9.51! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Portable Beat Reader more books like this by Various, Ann Charters (Editor) add to wishlist Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." Beat as in poverty and beatitude, ecstasy and exile. Beat was Jack Kerouac touring the American road in prose as fast and reckless as a V-8 Chevy. It was the junk-sick surrealism of William Burroughs; the wild, Whitmanesque poetry of Allen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Lonesome Traveler more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist By the same author as "On the Road", "Big Sur", and "The Subterraneans", this book shows a man travelling, living and loving free, revealing a way of life - the life of the road. His philosophy of self-fulfilment is presented through his travels in Mexico, New York, Morocco, Paris and London. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| first editions \| SVS
9	On the Road: The Original Scroll more books like this by Jack Kerouac, John Ventimiglia (Read by) add to wishlist 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 $6.00! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
10	On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $9.25! new only from $9.47! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Subterraneans more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $6.49! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Go more books like this by John Clellon Holmes add to wishlist The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady. Drafted two months before Jack Kerouac began On The Road, Go is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives lived by the Beats before they became public figures. In honest, lucid fictional prose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Visions of Gerard more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Book of Dreams more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $5.00! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Desolation angels more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist The classic retelling of Kerouac's last big road trip. Kerouac's candid and definitive insider's record of the key figures and events surrounding the Beat Generation, 'Desolation Angels' had gained a reputation as an underground classic long before publication in 1964. Told through the character of Kerouac's fictional alter ego, Jack Duluoz, the ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $6.75! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac more books like this by Barry Gifford add to wishlist A retrospective biography of Jack Kerouac, composed of interviews with friends and colleagues of the poet, as well as appreciations by scholars and critics. Loosely organized, it avoids the dryness of academic biographies and conveys a vivid portrait of the odd and contradictory author of "On the Road." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg more books like this by Bill Morgan add to wishlist In the first biography of Ginsberg since his death in 1997 and the only one to cover the entire span of his life, Ginsberg's archivist Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg's largely unpublished private journals to give readers an unparalleled and finely detailed portrait of one of America's most famous poets. Morgan sheds new light ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents more books like this by Mikal Gilmore add to wishlist A veteran music journalist and the NBCC award-winning author of "Shot in the Heart" profiles George Harrison, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, and other icons of the 1960s and 1970s, offering an impassioned eulogy for an era. B&w photos throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Tristessa more books like this by Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $2.26! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac more books like this by David Amram add to wishlist From painters' lofts and bohemian haunts in the Greenwich Village of the 1950s to funky clubs and Bowery bars like the Five Spot, jazz musician David Amram retraces in this engaging memoir the creative paths he followed through restless days and long, exhilarating nights with his collaborator and friend Jack Kerouac. With candor and humor, Amram ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America more books like this by Dennis McNally (Afterword by) add to wishlist The long-awaited reissue of the definitive biography of Jack Kerouac, unwitting avatar of the Beat Generation and author of On the Road.. Jack Kerouac-"King of the Beats," unwitting catalyst for the '60s counterculture, groundbreaking author-was a complex and compelling man: a star athlete with a literary bent; a spontaneous writer vilified by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Beats: From Kerouac to Kesey, an Illustrated Journey Through the Beat Generation more books like this by Mike Evans add to wishlist Tying in with the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On the Road", this is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the Beat Generation. In many ways the Beats set the tone for the pop-culture developments of the 1950s and 60s, but their role has in many ways been overlooked. But now, with the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952 more books like this by Allen Ginsberg, Juanita Lieberman-Plimpton (Editor), Bill Nagan (Editor) add to wishlist These are the earliest journals and never-before-published poems of legendary Beat Generation avatar and poet extraordinaire Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept journals throughout his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. These first journals detail the inner thoughts of the awkward boy from New Jersey, who would become the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Memoirs of a Beatnik more books like this by Diane Di Prima add to wishlist From one of the Beat movement's most accomplished writer's comes a witty, sexy autobiography and feminist epic poem. Long regarded as an underground classic for its gritty and unabashedly erotic portrayal of the Beat years, MEMOIRS OF A BEATNIK is a moving account of a powerful woman artist in a movement dominated by a small confederacy of men, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters, 1944-1960 more books like this by Steven Watson add to wishlist The second volume in the "Circles of the Twentieth Century" series documents the life and times of the Beats. Steven Watson chronicles their travels, and the philosophies and connections that bind together the novels and poetry of the era's writers. see all copies from $5.62! new only from $25.95! \| first editions

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