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Synopsis
Kerouac: Visions of Rocky Mount...describes Kerouac's life and times in Rocky Mount, Big Easonburg Woods, North Carolina. The book is full of black and white photographs of scenes right out of The Dharma Bums and other books that Kerouac published in his lifetime. Also photographs of the house that Neal Cassady pulled up to with the new muddy Hudson... Christmas 1948. This is described in On the Road, but Kerouac called the town Testament, VA. Also the cottage Kerouac wrote Visions of Gerard is covered in the book.
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About the Author
John J Dorfner was born in Kingston, New York, in 1952. He grew up in Stone Ridge, a small town in the heart of The Catskill Mountains. After serving in the Navy where he started writing by keeping a journal, he hitch-hiked across the country, ending his travels in Portland, Oregon. Finding employment at a book distributor, he was introduced to the novels of another writer who roamed America's highways...Kerouac. He currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and two daughters.
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Kerouac: Visions of Rocky Mount [Signed]
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Cooper Street Publications, North Carolina, 1991
ISBN 10: 0934953295
ISBN 13: 9780934953290
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Softcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Columbus Rare Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Octavo. 72 pp. Original trade paperback format in glossy illustrated wrappers. Spine tight. Light wear to corners. Text block clean. Presentation copy, signed and dated by the author on the title page: "John J Dorfner / 8/15/92." A signed copy of this regional chronicle mapping Jack Kerouac's deep connection to the American South. Dorfner elegantly uncovers the local history behind Kerouac's frequent visits to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, throughout the mid-1950s, a setting that heavily informed his stream-of-consciousness prose and provided an emotional sanctuary during his initial explosion of counterculture fame. Illustrated with period snapshots, maps, and historical references, this volume is an asset for Beat Generation historians. . Signed. Seller Inventory # 782