{"product_id":"windblown-world-the-journals-of-jack-kerouac-1947-1954-9780143036067","title":"Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelections from Jack Kerouac's journals of the late 1940s and early 1950s - the raw material for what became his classic novel \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e September 5, 2017, marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Kerouac is best known through the image he put forth in his autobiographical novels. Yet it is only his private journals, in which he set down the raw material of his life and thinking, that reveal to us the real Kerouac. In \u003ci\u003eWindblown World\u003c\/i\u003e, distinguished Americanist Douglas Brinkley has gathered a selection of journal entries from the most pivotal period of Kerouac's life, 1947 to 1954. Here is Kerouac as a hungry young writer finishing his first novel while forging crucial friendships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Truly a self-portrait of the artist as a young man, this unique and indispensable volume is sure to become an integral element of the Beat oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143036067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672912789685,"sku":"9780143036067","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d1477097-5419-440e-8f49-debec3034291.jpg?v=1709051800","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/windblown-world-the-journals-of-jack-kerouac-1947-1954-9780143036067","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}