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Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)
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Jack Kerouac was born Jean Louis Kerouac in Lowell, Massachussetts on March 12, 1922. His attended Lowell, Massachussetts High School, the Horace Mann School for Boys, Columbia College, and the New School for Social Research, for liberal arts. He played football and baseball, ran track, and was on chess teams.He quit college in his sophomore year after a fight with his football coach.

As a child, Kerouac found amusement in taking long walks, writing extensive diaries and short stories, and pl..
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
- Jack Kerouac
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