1, That question, posed by Jack Kerouac on behalf of the Beat generation half a century ago, is the biggest uncertainty hanging over the world economy.

2, Chapter one summarizes the academic studies of Jack Kerouac home and aboard and suggests the necessity of taking a fresh look at Kerouac's narrative works as a whole.

3, "WHITHER goest thou, America" That question, posed by Jack Kerouac on behalf of the Beat generation half a century ago, is the biggest uncertainty hanging over the world economy.

4, Jack Kerouac is a prominent writer in American literature's history.

5, In the "Revolution Backpack", Jack Kerouac wandered a spiritual journey from ego to anatta, and perceived a bliss of anatta in Zen meditation.

6, Jack Kerouac wrote this in response to Gary Snyder's suggestion that he write his first Sutra.

7, When my sons are with their mother I like to imagine that they think I'm reading Jack Kerouac,[http:///jack kerouac.html] cheering on Arsenal and listening to Kings of Leon (in reality it's Nicola Roberts).

8, In 1957, five years after the UN moved into its headquarters on East 42nd Street, Jack Kerouac was finishing his book "On the Road" a few blocks away in Times Square.

9, Unhappy with his first draft of On The Road, Jack Kerouac stuck together 12ft reels of paper and typed flat out for 20 days to achieve the spontaneous composing technique he wanted.

10, Among the literary works by the Beat Generation, On the Road by Jack Kerouac is rather a significant one.

11, At their best, they are a Web 3.0 blend of haiku and memoir, instantly published to the world with the manic zeal of Jack Kerouac writing "On the Road.

12, The Chinese press did tout me as a sixties icon, however, and posted my picture all over the place with Joan Baez, Che Guevara, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

13, Brando was the perfect icon for the 'beat' generation of Jack Kerouac, William S Burroughs and Allan Ginsberg.

14, Barry Miles is the author of biographies of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski and other books about the Beat Generation.