Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176).
Book: Foreword -- Introduction, "Thinking of Jack," by Robert Creley -- Orpheus emerged -- Excerpts from Jack Kerouac's journals -- Brief biography -- Autobiography (Kerouac's introduction to Lonesome Traveler) -- Selected bibliography of books about Jack Kerouac -- Selected bibliography of books about the Beats. CD-ROM: Using this LiveRead -- About the book -- Entire contents of the book (enhanced with illustrations and photos) -- Bonuses: Timeline -- Multimedia elements (audio & video links) -- Captions -- About LiveReads -- Text hyperlinks -- Timeline hyperlinks