The Life and Tragedy of Jack Kerouac

The Life and Tragedy of Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac was a poet who focused on the forgotten people of the world. Wherever he traveled he found the places nobody wanted to find and turned the un-pretty into magnificent poetry. Kerouac used the people no one wanted to remember and turned them into poetic works of art. Jack Kerouac’s life was filled with adventure and self-destruction. Born on March 12, 1922, Kerouac grew up in the poor …showed first 75 words of 1326 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1326 total…Works Cited Adams, Phoebe Lou. “’On The Road’ a review.” The Atlantic Monthly Oct. 1957; Ladder to Nirvana, Volume 200, No. 4; pages 178-180. Charters, Ann. A Bibliography of Works by Jack Kerouac. New York: Phoenix Book Show, 1975. - -. Kerouac: A Biography. Straight Arrow, 1973. - - . The Portable Beat Reader. Viking, 1992. - -. The Penguin Book of The Beaters. Penguin, 1992. Gifford, Barry and Lee Lawrence. Jack’s Book: An oral Biography of Jack Kerouac. St. Martin’s, 1978.