Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Jack Kerouac, Lou Gehrig, William Joseph Donovan, Brian Dennehy, Sid Luckman, Matthew Fox, George Starke, Paul Zimmerman, Carl Pelini, Tom Thorp, John J. Ryan, Ernest Cuneo, Harry Robb, Marcellus Wiley, Jeff Otis, William Campbell, Rudy Garcia, Herb Maack, Ben Roderick, Michael Quarshie, Paul Governali, Bill Morley, Archie Roberts, Marty Domres, Bill Swiacki, Will Payne, Steve Cargile, John Witkowski, J.R. LaRose, John Siegal, Cliff Montgomery, George Pease, Tad Crawford, W. E. Metzenthin, Sam Dana, Harold Weekes. Excerpt: Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac ( or; March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. His writings have inspired other writers, including Ken Kesey, Bob Dylan, Richard Brautigan, Thomas Pynchon, Lester Bangs, Tom Robbins, Will Clarke, Haruki Murakami. Critics of his work have labeled it "slapdash," "grossly sentimental," and "immoral." Kerouac became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the Hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward it. In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from internal bleeding due to long-standing abuse of alcohol. Since his death Kerouac's literary prestige has grown and several previously unseen works have been published. All of his books are in print today, among them: On the Road, Doctor Sax, The Dharma Bums, Mexico City Blues, The Subterraneans, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody and Big Sur. Jack Kerouac was born on 9 Lupine Road in the West Centralville section of Lowell Massachusetts, 2nd floor.Jack Kerouac was born in...