{"product_id":"the-portable-jack-kerouac-isbn-9780143105060","title":"The Portable Jack Kerouac","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis definitive Kerouac collection—the only anthology of his work ever published—is an essential introduction to one of the country’s most influential writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Kerouac’s work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis one-volume omnibus, planned by Kerouac himself before his death and completed by his biographer, Ann Charters, makes clear the ambition and accomplishment of Jack Kerouac’s “Legend of Duluoz”—the story of his life told in the course of his many “true-story novels.” As Kerouac once wrote, “The whole thing forms one enormous comedy, seen through the eyes of poor Ti Jean (me), otherwise known as Jack Duluoz, the world of raging action and folly and also of gentle sweetness seen through the keyhole of his eye.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis compilation presents selections from the “Legend of Duluoz” novels, in chronological order, from \u003ci\u003eDr. Sax\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e, and also includes poetry, letters, and essays on Buddhism, writing, and the Beat Generation. \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Jack Kerouac \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a total immersion in the mind of an American master.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The Portable Jack KerouacPreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology of Jack Kerouac's Life\u003cbr\u003eKerouac's Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LEGEND OF DULUOZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was in Centralville I was born . . . across the wide basin to the hill—on Lupine Road, March 1922, at five o'clock . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eVisions of Gerard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For the first four years of my life, while he lived, I was not Ti Jean Duluoz, I was Gerard, the world was his face . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Home at Christmas\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a Sunday afternoon in New England just three days before Christmas . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eDr. Sax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Two o'clock—strange—thunder and the yellow walls of my mother's kitchen with the green electric clock . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eMaggie Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Concord River flows be her house, in July evening the ladies of Massachusetts Street are sitting on wooden doorsteps with newspapers for fans . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eVanity of Duluoz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What dreams you get when you think you're going to go to college . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life you could call my life on the road . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mexican Girl\"  (from \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\"I had bought my ticket and was waiting for the L. A. bus . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was drizzling and mysterious at the beginning of our journey . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jazz of the Beat Generation\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Out we jumped in the warm mad night hearing a wild tenorman's bawling horn . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \"The Railroad Earth\" (from \u003ci\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\"There was a little alley in San Francisco back of the Southern Pacific station at Third and Townsend in redbrick of drowsy lazy afternoons . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I had never heard such a story from such a soul except from the great men I had known in my youth, great heroes of America . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eTristessa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm riding along with Tristessa in the cab, drunk, with big bottle of Juarez Bourbon whiskey in the till-bag railroad lootbag . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hopping a freight out of Los Angeles at high noon one day in late September 1955 . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \"Good Blonde\"\u003cbr\u003e\" 'Damn,' said I, 'I'll just hitchhike on the highway' (101) seeing the fast flash of many cars . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Berkeley I was living with Alvah Goldbrook in his little rose-covered cottage in the backyard of a bigger house on Milvia Street . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eDesolation Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was on this trip that the great change took place in my life . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The last time I ever hitch hiked—And NO RIDES a sign . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Daydreams for Ginsberg\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Rose Pome\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Woman\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Rimbaud\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Hymn\" (\"And when you showed me Brooklyn Bridge\")\u003cbr\u003e\"Poem\" (\"I demand that the human race ceases multiplying\")\u003cbr\u003e\"A Pun for Al Gelpi\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Two Poems Dedicated to Thomas Merton\"\u003cbr\u003e\"How to Meditate\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Hitch Hiker\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Pome on Doctor Sax\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eBook of Haikus:\u003c\/i\u003e \"Some Western Haikus\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Sea: The Sounds of the Pacific Ocean at Big Sur\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eON SPONTANEOUS PROSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Belief and Technique for Modern Prose\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Essentials of Spontaneous Prose\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The First Word: Jack Kerouac Takes a Fresh Look at Jack Kerouac\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Are Writers Made or Born?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MODERN SPONTANEOUS METHOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the Ring\"\u003cbr\u003e\"On the Road to Florida\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Three Stooges\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, Cody is always interested in himself . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Joan Rawshanks in the Fog\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eBook of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOld Angel Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eON BOP AND THE BEAT GENERATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Beginning of Bop\"\u003cbr\u003e\"About the Beat Generation\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Lamb, No Lion\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeatific:\u003c\/i\u003e The Origins of the Beat Generation\"\u003cbr\u003e\"After Me, the Deluge\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eON BUDDHISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Last Word: Because none of us want to think that the universe is a blank dream . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eBook of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED LETTERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Norma Blickfelt, August 25, 1942\u003cbr\u003eYoung merchant seaman Kerouac describes his dream of becoming a writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Neal Cassady, May 22, 1951\u003cbr\u003eAccount to Neal about \"my book about you\" (\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo John Clellon Holmes, June 3, 1952\u003cbr\u003e\"Wild form's the only form holds what I have to say . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Allen Ginsberg, October 1, 1957\u003cbr\u003e\"Everything's been happening here\" the week after publication of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Allen Ginsberg, September 22, 1960\u003cbr\u003eDescription of West Coast trip later dramatized in \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Sterling Lord, May 5, 1961\u003cbr\u003eList of books comprising the Duluoz Legend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Ann Charters, August 5, 1966\u003cbr\u003eInvitation to visit him in Hyannis and work together on his bibliography: \"I've kept the neatest records you ever saw\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentity Key\u003cbr\u003eBooks by Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003eList of Originally Published Sources\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, the youngest of three children in a Franco-American family. He attended local Catholic and public schools and won a scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, where he first met Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Town and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1950, but it was \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1957 and memorializing his adventures with Neal Cassady, that epitomized to the world what became known as the “Beat generation” and made Kerouac one of the most best-known writers of his time. Publication of many other books followed, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e. Kerouac considered all of his autobiographical fiction to be part of “one vast book,” \u003ci\u003eThe Duluoz Legend\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969, at the age of forty-seven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Charters\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Sixties Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Jack Kerouac\u003c\/i\u003e, two volumes of Jack Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eSelected Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeat Down to Your Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at the University of Connecticut.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303060623589,"sku":"NP9780143105060","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143105060.jpg?v=1767741008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-portable-jack-kerouac-isbn-9780143105060","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}