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Dharma Bums

Dharma Bums

Jack Kerouac
Kerouac's novel about mountain climbing, Buddhism, and the search for meaning in postwar America is looser and warmer than On the Road. Based on his friendship with Gary Snyder (thinly disguised as Japhy Ryder), it captures a moment when wilderness and spiritual practice converged in the American imagination.
Hiking & Walking Mountains & Climbing Fiction California
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Publisher Viking Press
Published 1905
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