{"product_id":"jacks-book-an-oral-biography-of-jack-kerouac-paperback","title":"Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLawrence Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation.\" --Dan Wakefield, author of \u003ci\u003eNew York in the Fifties\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoing All the Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1978, \u003ci\u003eJack's Book\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the \"King of the Beats.\" Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouac's story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouac's ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biography--the first of its kind--presents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Gifford is a poet, novelist, screenwriter, and librettist best known for the novel \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into an award-winning film by David Lynch, and for cowriting the screenplay for Lynch's film \u003ci\u003eLost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in twenty-eight languages, he has been the recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, and the Writers Guild of America. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Lee (d. 1990) was a Peabody Award-winning journalist who cowrote the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eSaroyan\u003c\/i\u003e with Gifford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.37 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748100636960,"sku":"9780143121886","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1dd6a66bd570723b0d1e47c2f16d142e.webp?v=1779904480","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jacks-book-an-oral-biography-of-jack-kerouac-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}