Atop an Underwood
Early Stories and Other Writings
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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.
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Penguin USA |
Date 1999 |
Price $8.75 |
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"[O]f particular interest is the section from the unpublished novel THE SEA IS MY BROTHER....But this is a book for devotees. Kerouac evinced no special talent at the start of his career."
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