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Windblown World : The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954 by Jack Kerouac (2004, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670033413
ISBN-139780670033416
eBay Product ID (ePID)30772525
Product Key Features
Book TitleWindblown World : the Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / General, Literary
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJack Kerouac
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight23.7 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-054882
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal818.5403
SynopsisJack Kerouac is best known through the image he put forth in his autobiographical novels. Yet it is only his prolific journals, in which he set down the raw material of his life and thinking, that reveal to us the real Kerouac—his true, honest, deep, private, philosophical self.In Windblown World, distinguished Americanist Douglas Brinkley has gathered a selection of journal entries from the most pivotal period of Kerouac’s life, 1947–1954. Here is Kerouac as a hungry young writer finishing his first novel, The Town and City, while forging crucial friendships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Truly a self-portrait of the artist as a young man, these journals show a sensitive soul charting his own progress as a writer and responding to his literary forebears. Finally and perhaps most appealing to Kerouac’s legion of fans, the journals tell of the events that would eventually be immortalized in On the Road, as Kerouac narrates two trips across the United States and Mexico and slowly cultivates his idea for a jazz novel. This unique and indispensable volume is sure to garner major critical attention and become an integral element of the Beat oeuvre.
LC Classification NumberPS3521.E735Z478 2004
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- Jul 18, 2017
Best insight into this important U.S. author
This collection from Kerouac's journals (late '40s -- early '50s) was curated by noted historian Douglas Brinkley. If On the Road, Dharma Bums, or any of the other books by 'Ti Jean' have ever caught your fancy---or even your curiosity---this volume is worth a couple hours of your time. I've read a good deal of the Kerouac oeuvre and enjoyed this volume enough to add it to my library after the first half hour. ( And I'm no scholar of American Lit. either ! ) Jim in OhioVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 29, 2019
Quick delivery, excellent condition.
Quick delivery, excellent condition. Cheers!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
