{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"and-the-hippos-were-boiled-in-their-tanks","title":"Desolation Peak: Collected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eKerouac’s 1956 fire-lookout journals from Desolation Peak—unedited along with drafts, poems (“Desolation Blues”, “Desolation Pops”), prose sketches, and his own transliteration of the Diamond Sutra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: November 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Charles Shuttleworth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignificance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fills narrative gaps about a pivotal, introspective period depicted in\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand other works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Something will happen to me on Desolation Peak…I can feel it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the summer of 1956, Jack Kerouac hitchhiked from Mill Valley, CA, to the North Cascades to spend two months serving as a fire lookout for the US Forest Service. Taking only the Diamond Sutra for reading material, he intended to spend his time in deep contemplation and to achieve enlightenment. He wrote in his journal that he planned \"to concentrate on emptiness of self, other selves, living beings, and universal self.\" In letters to friends he proclaimed, \"Something will happen to me on Desolation Peak…I can feel it.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eKerouac's experience on Desolation Peak forms the climax of his novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand has also been depicted in part 1 of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesolation Angels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a chapter in his nonfiction book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e. None of these versions offers a full, true picture, however; and for that reason,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesolation Peak\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis essential reading. What separates Kerouac from all other writers is the depth that he went in exploring his own consciousness, and what will prove his most enduring legacy is the record he left of that exploration, revealing the psyche of a sensitive, tortured artist grappling with himself in the mid-20th Century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe highlight of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesolation Peak\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the journal he kept, starkly revealing the depth of his poverty, the extremity of his mood swings, and the ongoing arguments with himself over the future direction of his life, his writing, and faith. Along with the journal, he worked on a series of projects, including \"\u003cem\u003eOzone Park\u003c\/em\u003e,\" another installment of the Duluoz Legend beginning in 1943, after his discharge from the Navy; \"\u003cem\u003eThe Martin Family\u003c\/em\u003e,\" an intended sequel to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Town and the City\u003c\/em\u003e, and \"\u003cem\u003eDesolation Adventure,\u003c\/em\u003e\" a series of sketches that became part 1 of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesolation Angels\u003c\/em\u003e,. In writing it, Kerouac was re-committing himself to his more experimental, then-unpublishable style, declaring in the journal that \"the form of the future is no-form.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAlso included in Collected Writings is \"\u003cem\u003eThe Diamondcutter of Perfect Knowing\u003c\/em\u003e,\" Kerouac's \"transliteration\" of the Diamond Sutra, his \"\u003cem\u003eDesolation Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eDesolation Pops\u003c\/em\u003e\" poems, and assorted prose sketches and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382594552059,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/JackKerouacDesolationPeakBookCover.jpg?v=1753892930"},{"product_id":"truth-and-beautiful-meaningful-lies-a-collection-of-quotes","title":"Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies: A Collection of Quotes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurated quotations spanning themes and eras across Kerouac’s publishers—from Penguin to City Lights, Da Capo, Grove, and Library of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: June 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eSylvia Cunha, Jim Sampas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoal\u003c\/strong\u003e: Inspire readers to explore Kerouac’s full texts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstate-Signed and Hand-Stamped Hardcovers are limited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Soon I’ll find the right words, they’ll be very simple.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most celebrated writers in American literature, Jack Kerouac helped an entire generation of post-WWII Americans explore a purpose beyond the standard narrative values, spiritual ideologies, and economic materialism that was rampant throughout pre-war America. Alongside prominent beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, Kerouac crafted a magnum opus that would later be connected to counterculture movements throughout the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis extensive collection of novels, short stories, poetry, journals, letters, and other writings are often littered with long-winded reflections, observations, proclamations, and other mad ramblings about life, love, loss, loneliness, and the search for a new American identity. Constantly pivoting from a recluse searching “...once and for all what is the meaning of all this existence and suffering and going to and fro in vain,” to a seasoned road-warrior exploring the country and sifting through the profound philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and the meaning of Dharma, Kerouac’s spontaneous style of prose generates a kind of unpolished wisdom that leaves a lasting impression long after reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe insights and quotes assembled in this book have been woven into a patchwork of reoccurring themes found throughout Kerouac’s writings, such as adventure, life, self-reflection, and spirituality are heavily featured, but more niche quotes around topics like cats, coffee, music, and sports can also be found. This collection pulls from prominent novels such as Big Sur, Desolation Angels, The Dharma Bums, On the Road: The Original Scroll, The Subterraneans, Tristessa, Vanity of Duluoz, and Visions of Cody, as well as some of his selected short stories, poems, letters, and journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you’re new to Kerouac, searching for inspiration in his words, or are a self-proclaimed “mad one” looking to make sense of it all, this quote book will undoubtedly serve as a go-to reference for the discerning Kerouac reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385516507387,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/TruthandBeautifulMeaningfulLies-ACollectionofJackKerouacQuotesBookCover.jpg?v=1753894568"},{"product_id":"self-portrait-collected-writings","title":"Self‑Portrait: Collected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eA broad archival dive across Kerouac’s adult life—fiction, nonfiction, diaries reflecting extremes of vitality, spirituality, fear, insecurity, and creativity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: August 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: \u003cspan\u003ePaul Maher Jr. \u0026amp; Charles Shuttleworth; foreword by Jonathan Evison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstate-signed certificates are available only through this site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstate-signed orders will include an official Jack Kerouac Estate stamp and hand-numbering on the book's title page, as well as an official estate-signed certificate of authenticity signed by Jim Sampas, Literary Executor of The Jack Kerouac Estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac’s archive is vast. Throughout his life he was constantly writing, and he meticulously saved and catalogued his material. The result is that beyond the work published in his lifetime there has been a rich stream of posthumous writing that is far from tapped, adding depth to his lifework—the Duluoz Legend—and our understanding of Kerouac the man. Far from being the adrenalized thrill-seeker that he depicted in On the Road’s Dean Moriarty, Kerouac himself was deeply spiritual, shy, and reclusive. He sought adventures for the sake of experience, needing them to fuel his writing, which according to him was his sole reason for living. Few people sacrificed more for their art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of previously unpublished writing culled from the Kerouac archive, and as a companion to Paul Maher Jr.'s Becoming Kerouac, spans Kerouac’s adult life, from a journal written at age seventeen to autobiographical reflections a few years before his death. Self-Portrait is a blend of fictional and nonfictional pieces, a few abandoned starts but most complete in themselves and all of them chosen for the revelations they contain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Moon and Sixpence, Somerset Maugham wrote, “A man’s work reveals him… No one can produce the most casual work without disclosing the innermost secrets of his soul.” There are more than two dozen Kerouac biographies, but Self-Portrait reveals the artist in his own words, from his early ambition to the deep self-examination of his “Self-Ultimacy” period, his three-year struggle to write On the Road, musings about himself and America in the half-dozen years before the novel was published and then in the aftermath amid his public withdrawal, suffering from alcoholism and hounded by fame. Through it all there are tortuous feelings about his family—love, guilt, duty, and betrayal. As fans of Kerouac have come to learn, reading his work is a visceral probe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385524895995,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/Self_Portrait-CollectedWritingsBookCover.jpg?v=1753894645"},{"product_id":"the-buddhist-years-collected-writings","title":"The Buddhist Years: Collected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brand new volume of previously unpublished writings from the archives reflecting Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: July 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eCharles Shuttleworth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstate-signed certificates are available only through this site.\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a writer: he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his lifestyle: with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection shows Jack at his earnest, soulful best. The writing is consistently and wonderfully Kerouacian: it is honest, reflective, heartfelt, and revealing, with great characterizations amid his self-exploration as he wrestles with his consciousness, desperate for belief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385531973883,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/TheBuddhistYears-CollectedWritingsCover.webp?v=1753894716"},{"product_id":"on-the-road-with-on-the-road-by-carl-moore","title":"On the Road with On the Road by Carl Moore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eA photographic accompaniment to On the Road by Jack Kerouac.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: January 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePhotographer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eCarl M. Moore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Frank’s The Americans redefined photography in 1959 and inspired Carl Moore to hit the road with Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Like Frank, Moore sought to reveal America to Americans—capturing the landscapes, faces, and fleeting moments that echo Kerouac’s metaphorical vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Los Angeles to a cross-country drive with his son from Santa Fe to New England, Moore retraces Sal Paradise’s footsteps with his Nikon in hand. The result is a vivid, contemporary counterpart to Kerouac’s masterpiece—where the photographs themselves feel restless, alive, and haunted by the same hunger for the open road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Jim Sampas notes in his Foreword, “It isn’t often that something comes in that excites me as much as this project.” These images remind us of the beauty and variety of human experience, the thrill of movement, and the quiet grace of stillness. Paired with passages from On the Road, they invite us to see Kerouac’s America anew—and to feel again the irresistible pull of the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, the youngest of three children in a Franco-American family. He attended local Catholic and public schools and won a scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, where he first met Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. His first novel, The Town and the City, appeared in 1950, but it was On the Road, published in 1957 and memorializing his adventures with Neal Cassady, that epitomized to the world what became known as the “Beat generation” and made Kerouac one of the best-known writers of his time. Publication of many other books followed, among them The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, and Big Sur. Kerouac considered all of his autobiographical fiction to be part of “one vast book,” The Duluoz Legend. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969, at the age of forty-seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Moore is an emeritus professor, retired from Kent State University where he taught for twenty-six years. His university research and his work in the real world has been to figure out how to make it safe for people in groups to say what is on their minds. When that happens, good things get done. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47905254867195,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/On_the_Road_with_On_the_Road__92478.jpg?v=1769696739"},{"product_id":"someday-well-build-cabins","title":"Someday We'll Build Cabins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eA book of letters revealing the inner desires and turmoils of Jack Kerouac after his rise to literary acclaim in the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e: August 18, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLetters written by: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eJack Kerouac, Jacques Beckwith, and Lois Sorrells Beckwith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail-relative gmail--mx-px gmail-my-[-0.2rem] gmail-rounded gmail-px-px gmail-py-[0.2rem] gmail-transition-colors gmail-duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eBill Morgan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1960, Jack Kerouac began a correspondence with New York artist Jacques Beckwith. Their shared vision: to build cabins in the woods, retreats from a world of war, dishonesty, and literary pressure. Kerouac wrote, \"I want to live in the woods where I don't even have to think about this evil world of wars and dishonesties.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut while Beckwith realized his dream, Kerouac was thwarted by alcoholism, lawsuits, constant travel, marital strife, and the burden of caring for his mother. These letters reveal the deeply human side of the Beat legend—his frustrations, distractions, and restless longing for peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919708602619,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7066\/4955\/files\/9781644282915_1__83887.jpg?v=1770089798"}],"url":"https:\/\/salparadise.co\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"Sal Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}