The early Jack Kerouac certainly sympathized with the idea of SOCIALISM 5 stars

The early Jack Kerouac certainly sympathized with the idea of SOCIALISM 5 stars Full StarFull StarFull StarFull StarFull StarFascinating By Thriftbooks.com User, May 19, 2005 BOOK REVIEW [I'm liking this book way more than I expected I would. Most of the selections were written by Kerouac between the ages of 16 and 23. Sure some of them reflect the early author's innocence, but virtually all have fascinating insights. Here's a good example: One of the best selections concerns Jack's one-day employment in a sweat-shop cookie-making factory. Check out this quote: "Shorter hours will provide the laborer with a new desire to live, not to be a productive animal, but to have time to be a man, to have time to enjoy the rights of man in the use of his divine intellect, a gift of God that is overlooked by our overloads of the present Industrial Era." AMEN. Read Less ] Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and... book by Jack Kerouac THRIFTBOOKS.COM Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and... book by Jack Kerouac Buy a cheap copy of Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and... book by Jack Kerouac. Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road , he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all,... Free Shipping on all orders over $10.