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Water-Bug
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Sep 06, 2014

Jack Kerouac, How many have even heard of him?

In the 50s or 60s, he wrote the book "On the Road." It was a hippie guide book but he wasn't a hippie but rather a true free spirit. He defined a hippie as someone who could find a marijuana joint o...
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loulou57
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Sep 06, 2014
Water-Bug wrote:
In the 50s or 60s, he wrote the book "On the Road." It was a hippie guide book but he wasn't a hippie but rather a true free spirit. He defined a hippie as someone who could find a marijuana joint on any street corner in America. The road was his world and he loved evety minute of it.


I have not heard of him before. I am guessing the book to be a journal of sorts, a conglomeration of his adventures while travelling.

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