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Atop an Underwood
Atop an Underwood
Author: Jack Kerouac
Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all, learning how to write. Atop an Underwood brings together more than sixty previously unpublished works that Kerouac wrote before he was twenty-two, ranging from stories and poem...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140296396
ISBN-10: 0140296395
Publication Date: 11/1/2000
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Great collection of Kerouac's early writing!
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I read somewhere that Kerouac didn't just start writing his well known works one day out of the blue, but worked long and hard at his craft. 'Atop An Underwood' is good evidence to support that claim. These are the early works of a writer in the making, probably more interesting to anyone seeking background or biographical information, but definitely enlightening to any fans of writing or the writer.


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