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Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouac

by Turner, Steve



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New York: Viking , 1996. Hard Cover. Steve Turner -- 1st Edition 1st Printing -- FINE/FINE -- copy of Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouac. Oblong 8vo. 224 pp. Bound in textured black paper boards, with pictorial endpapers and yellow lettering to the spine. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs as well as full-color photographs. A very graphic book. The corners are sharp, the hinges are strong, and the text is clean and sharp throughout. The Fine pictorial dustwrapper retains the publisher's price of $29.95 to the front flap ad bears no chips, creases, nor tears. A pristine and fun biography! Published by: New York: Viking , 1996 First edition.






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Book summary

New interviews with people from his Lowell, Massachusetts hometown and schoolmates from his days at Horace Mann highlight this book. The portrait of Kerouac is further augmented by conversations with William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, as well as selections from the increasing body of scholarly writings on the Kerouac canon. Turner includes photos and literary artifacts, documenting Kerouac's devotion not only to his work, but also to the spiritual nature that played such a vital role in it.