Finding Dean Moriarty

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Finding Dean Moriarty is written by Michael Boloker and published by iUniverse. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1440143781 (ISBN 10) and 9781440143786 (ISBN 13).

In the summer of 1958, 18 year old Paul Israel takes a 3 month journey from New York to Mexico City to emulate his heroes from Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD. He passes through Washington D.C. and the deep South into Texas and Mexico. He meets a variety of amusing and provocative characters including baseball legend Jackie Robinson, civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy and football player "Large" LeFay. He experiences racial segregation, sex, violence, love and death in a series of encounters along the way. He learns about America and then absorbs the art, history and culture of Mexico. FINDING DEAN MORIARTY is an internal and external odyssey of self discovery.