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Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969). Born as Jean-Louis Kerouac to a French-Canadian family in Lowell, Massachusetts. At an early age, he was heartbroken when his elder brother Gerard died, later prompting him to write the book -- "Visions of Gerard". |
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Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969). Born as Jean-Louis Kerouac to a French-Canadian family in Lowell, Massachusetts. At an early age, he was heartbroken when his elder brother Gerard died, later prompting him to write the book -- "Visions of Gerard". |
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His athletic prowess lead him to be a star on his local football team, and this achievement earned him a scholarship to Columbia University in New York. It was in New York that Kerouac met the people whom he was to journey around the world with, and return to write about: the so-called [Beat Generation]?, which included people like Allen Ginsberg, [Neal Cassady]? and William S. Burroughs. After breaking his leg and arguing with his coach, the football scholarship didn't pan out, so Kerouac left to join the [Merchant Marine]?. |
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His athletic prowess led him to be a star on his local football team, and this achievement earned him a scholarship to Columbia University in New York. It was in New York that Kerouac met the people whom he was to journey around the world with, and return to write about: the so-called [Beat Generation]?, which included people like Allen Ginsberg, [Neal Cassady]? and William S. Burroughs. After breaking his leg and arguing with his coach, the football scholarship didn't pan out, so Kerouac left to join the [Merchant Marine]?. |
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