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Big Sur

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)

This classic of the beatnik era from famous bohemian traveller Jack Kerouac focuses on Jack Dulouz, a thinly veiled Kerouac surrogate, and his attempts to reconcile his new found success as an author with his battle with alcoholism amid trips to a cabin in Big Sur in California. (Summary by Ben Tucker)

Genre(s): Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Language: English

Keyword(s): California (57), alcohol (19), author (12), big sur (1), beatnik (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Ben Tucker	00:01:31
Play 01	Chapter 1	Ben Tucker	00:05:53
Play 02	Chapter 2	Ben Tucker	00:03:37
Play 03	Chapter 3	Ben Tucker	00:07:49
Play 04	Chapter 4	Ben Tucker	00:03:10
Play 05	Chapter 5	Ben Tucker	00:12:18
Play 06	Chapter 6	Ben Tucker	00:12:27
Play 07	Chapter 7	Ben Tucker	00:12:57
Play 08	Chapter 8	Ben Tucker	00:04:36
Play 09	Chapter 9	Ben Tucker	00:05:12
Play 10	Chapter 10	Ben Tucker	00:09:15
Play 11	Chapter 11	Ben Tucker	00:20:50
Play 12	Chapter 12	Ben Tucker	00:07:10
Play 13	Chapter 13	Ben Tucker	00:08:08
Play 14	Chapter 14	Ben Tucker	00:14:52
Play 15	Chapter 15	Ben Tucker	00:05:20
Play 16	Chapter 16	Ben Tucker	00:02:12
Play 17	Chapter 17	Ben Tucker	00:05:21
Play 18	Chapter 18	Ben Tucker	00:08:11
Play 19	Chapter 19	Ben Tucker	00:05:54
Play 20	Chapter 20	Ben Tucker	00:05:04
Play 21	Chapter 21	Ben Tucker	00:22:26
Play 22	Chapter 22	Ben Tucker	00:11:55
Play 23	Chapter 23	Ben Tucker	00:17:14
Play 24	Chapter 24	Ben Tucker	00:09:40
Play 25	Chapter 25	Ben Tucker	00:05:25
Play 26	Chapter 26	Ben Tucker	00:12:43
Play 27	Chapter 27	Ben Tucker	00:05:53
Play 28	Chapter 28	Ben Tucker	00:04:52
Play 29	Chapter 29	Ben Tucker	00:04:12
Play 30	Chapter 30	Ben Tucker	00:09:05
Play 31	Chapter 31	Ben Tucker	00:16:33
Play 32	Chapter 32	Ben Tucker	00:02:53
Play 33	Chapter 33	Ben Tucker	00:07:26
Play 34	Chapter 34	Ben Tucker	00:20:05
Play 35	Chapter 35	Ben Tucker	00:06:14
Play 36	Chapter 36	Ben Tucker	00:18:54
Play 37	Chapter 37	Ben Tucker	00:13:32
Play 38	Chapter 38	Ben Tucker	00:08:57
Play 39	Sea	Ben Tucker	00:24:07

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