An edition of The Awakener (2009)

The Awakener

A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties

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An edition of The Awakener (2009)

The Awakener

A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties

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The Awakener is Helen Weaver's long awaited memoir of her adventures with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, and other wild characters from the New York City of the fifties and sixties. The sheltered but rebellious daughter of bookish Midwestern parents, Weaver survived a repressive upbringing in the wealthy suburbs of Scarsdale and an early divorce to land in Greenwich Village just in time for the birth of rock 'n' roll—and the counterculture movement known as the Beat Generation. Shortly after her arrival Kerouac, Ginsberg, and company—old friends of her roommate—arrive on their doorstep after a non-stop drive from Mexico. Weaver and Kerouac fall in love on sight, and Kerouac moves in.

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Publisher
City Lights Books
Language
English
Pages
260

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Subjects

Beat generation, Biography, American Authors, History, Beats (Persons), Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969, Ginsberg, allen, 1926-1997, Bruce, lenny, 1925-1966, Authors, biography, New york (n.y.), history, Beats (persons)

People

Lenny Bruce, Helen Weaver, Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

Places

New York (N.Y.)

Times

1951-, 20th century

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Published in
San Francisco, USA
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54, B
Library of Congress
PS228.B6 W43 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
260p.
Number of pages
260

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23614476M
ISBN 13
9780872865051
LCCN
2009026896
LibraryThing
8978229
Goodreads
6676468

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7911126W

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May 21, 2020 Edited by CoverBot Added new cover
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April 5, 2014 Edited by ImportBot Added IA ID.
July 27, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record