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The Rucksack Revolution
Following the success of On the Road, Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums in 1957, the novel that predicted the “great rucksack revolution” of the 1960s.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), a central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Eight
The eighth excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Seven
The seventh excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Six
The sixth excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Five
The fifth excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Four
The fourth excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Three
The third excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
CultureMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode Two
The second excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
IdeasMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode One
The first excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
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