The Hitchhiker's Guide To Jack Kerouac: The Adventure Of The Boulder '82 On...

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Book Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac : The Adventure of the Boulder '82 on the Road Conference - Finding Kerouac, Kesey and the Grateful Dead Alive & Rockin' in the Rockies

Item Length: 9in.

Item Height: 0.9in.

Item Width: 6in.

Author: Brian Hassett

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Literary

Publisher: Gets Things Done Publishing

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 21.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 456 Pages