He served as a merchant seaman and wandered the country while writing his first novel, The Town and the City.
Born in Lowell, Massachussets to French-Canadian parents, he went to Columbia on a football scholarship but broke his leg. He served as a merchant seaman and wandered the country while writing his first novel, The Town and the City. He composed his revolutionary second novel on a 100 foot long roll of typing paper in three weeks. FTP, name this author of Maggie Cassidy, The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, and the Beat Generation classic On the Road.
Born in Lowell, Massachussets to French-Canadian parents, he went to Columbia on a football scholarship but broke his leg.
Jack {Kerouac}