Jack Kerouac Autograph
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (/ˈkɛru.æk/; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. More about Jack Kerouac
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Of French-Canadian ancestry, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 40 years after his death. His first published book was The Town and the City (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, On the Road, in 1957. It made him a beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes.
Kerouac is recognized for his style of stream of consciousness spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jerry Garcia and the Doors. Read even more about Jack Kerouac at Wikipedia
Kerouac is recognized for his style of stream of consciousness spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jerry Garcia and the Doors. Read even more about Jack Kerouac at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Jack Kerouac
The most expensive item with a signature of Jack Kerouac (JACK KEROUAC - CHECK SIGNED 05/01/1963 CO-SIGNED BY: STANLEY TWARDOWICZ) was sold in April 2018 for $4400.00 while the cheapest item (SIGNED ANN CHARTERS BOOK PLATE AUTOGRAPH JACK KEROUAC) found a new owner for $5.24 in February 2008. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2019 with an average selling price of $10.00 for an autographed item of Jack Kerouac. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2022 with $3200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.24 was February 2008. In average, an autographed item from Jack Kerouac is worth $170.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jack Kerouac were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by STELLA KEROUAC, JACK KEROUAC'S LAST WIFE | $395.00 | |
| Allen Ginsberg - IF NOT FOREVER: A LETTER TO JACK KEROUAC - Signed | $29.99 | |
| Jack Kerouac Ann Charters two-volume collection of letters, by signed by Charter | $20.00 | |
| JACK KEROUAC CHECK SIGNED THREE TIMES, BEAT GENERATION AUTHOR | $3200.00 | |
| Jack KEROUAC IN FLORIDA Where the Road Ends Bob Kealing Signed PB 1st /2nd Amran | $12.99 | |
| Jack Kerouac On the Road Signed Paper Back Edition | $400.00 | |
| JACK KEROUAC SELECTED LETTERS 1940 1956 HC SIGNED BY ANN CHARTERS | $29.00 | |
| JACK KEROUAC: Statement in Brown Collected Essays By Joy Walsh *SIGNED* | $45.99 | |
| MEMORY BABE A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF JACK KEROUAC SIGNED BY GERALD NICOSIA | $22.00 | |
| One and Only-Jack Kerouac Untold Story Of On The Road- by Gerald Nicosia-Signed | $24.99 | |
| The Seeds Of Galloway Jack Kerouac's Lowell & Visions Of Lowell (Signed) Books | $19.99 | |
| Visions of Cody - Jack Kerouac - RARE Signed & Numbered Edition #616 of 750 -HB | $1799.99 | |
| Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac Signed Limited Ed First 1st Like New 1960 | $2999.99 | |
| Visions Of Cody, Jack Kerouac,1st PRINTING, HB/DJ - SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG | $215.00 | |
| Visions of Kerouac: The LIfe of Jack Kerouac by Charles E. Jarvis 1974 Signed SC | $10.00 | |