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The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957).
- Jack Kerouac, Douglas Brinkley
- 1950
The Town and the City is a family saga set at first in Lowell, MA, his hometown. He calls the town Galloway and renames the family members, including himself.
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Oct 21, 1970 · Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. The Town and the City is vividly drawn with poetic prose, lacking the stream-of-consciousness style of his later works.
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- Jack Kerouac, Douglas Brinkley
- $18.99
- Mariner Books
Nov 14, 2022 · The town and the city by Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Publication date 1984 Topics Beats (Persons) -- Fiction, Beatniks -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Beats (Persons)
Mar 22, 2016 · Inspired by Kerouac’s own New England youth, the eight Martin children enjoy an idyllic upbringing in a small Massachusetts mill-town. Middle son Peter, a budding...
- Jack Kerouac
- Open Road Media, 2016
- 1504033965, 9781504033961
- The Town and the City: A Novel
Sep 16, 2009 · The town & the city by Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Publication date 1950 Topics Beat generation Publisher New York : Harcourt, Brace Collection
The Town and the City. Select a format: Paperback Ebook. Retailers: Amazon Apple Books Google Play Hive Kobo. Summary. 'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' Kerouac on THE TOWN AND THE CITY Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics.
