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October in the Railroad Earth – Jack Kerouac

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Railroad Earth - Photo is Road to Nowhere by Blue Betty via http://www.freeimages.com/browse.phtml?f=profile&l=bluebetty, photoshopped by Empty Mirror

Every October, I think of Jack Kerouac’s short story, “October in the Railroad Earth.” Jack recorded it for his album with Steve Allen, Poetry For The Beat Generation; take a listen below.

Want to download the track? It’s available here.

Author: Empty Mirror Tags: Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, video Category: Beat Generation September 20, 2014

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Comments

  1. J Haeske says

    December 12, 2014 at 11:45 am

    That has always been one of my favorite Kerouac pieces. And my absolute fave photo of him. Thanks for posting this (although I stumbled upon this quite late)!

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