Born Jean-Louis Kerouac on March 12, 1922 to French-Canadian parents in the second-story apartment of a Lowell, MA home, Jack Kerouac became one of the preeminent writers (along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs) of what was later dubbed “the Beat generation.”
Before beatniks or hippies or even punk rock- this group of writers, poets and their associated characters became emblematic of a generation that rejected conventional culture in favor of their own personal, spiritual quest (literary, exploratory, chemically or otherwise).
The popularity of this movement was due in no small part to Jack Kerouac’s On The Road– first printed September 5, 1957 by Viking Press. While Truman Capote may have famously panned the work by saying, “It isn’t writing at all-it’s typing,” few can argue about the legacy of a well-typed story. Especially one that captures the zeitgeist of a generation, and fuels the passions of many still to come.
Here are some locations associated with the American writer, Jack Kerouac (thanks to popturf users corporate_sunshine, speedy_dee, and elvis_crabs for their contributions).
