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The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums
Author: Jack Kerouac
Two ebullient young men are engaged in a passionate search for dharma, or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude, a lesson that has a hard time surviving their forays into the pagan groves of San Francisco's Bohemia with its marathon wine-drinking...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140042528
ISBN-10: 0140042520
Publication Date: 5/27/1976
Pages: 256
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 91 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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LOVED IT!! classic typical testosterone boys stuff no matter what the time period.
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The book that turned on the psychedelic generation...about two rebels on a wild march for experience from Frisco's swinging bars to the top of the snow-capped Sierras.
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The Dharma Bums is good to read, and in it I found the start of many of the things that flowered in the '60's.

Trail Mix, backpacks, freedom in the wilderness, as well as a new freedom in the Cities.

It is even better to listen to because of the rhythm of the words.
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Fantastic. Chronicles Kerouac's (in this book called 'Ray Smith') pursuit of Buddhist enlightenment with friend and fellow poet Gary Snyder (Japhy Ryder). I have to say I liked this book just as much if not more than 'On the Road'. Dharma Bums is a bit more organized and details Kerouac's passion in pursuit of the Buddhist lifestyle.
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From back cover: Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State.


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