Jack Kerouac (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
John Louis Lebris de Kerouac was the younger son of Leo Alcide Kerouac (a job printer) and Gabrielle Ange Levesque Kerouac, immigrants from Quebec who grew up in New England mill towns. He attended a parochial school and complemented his education with frequent trips to the Lowell Public Library. At the age of five, he lost his brother Gerard to rheumatic fever, an event which haunted his dreams and became a focal point for the family saga he wrote in later years. Both an enthusiastic student and a fine athlete, he played football and starred in track for the Lowell...
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