Wednesday, September 7, 2005

From the just-plain-weird files... Jack Kerouac in the military.



A decade before 'On the Road' was published, Jack Kerouac evinced 'strong schizoid trends' that led military officials to declare him unfit for service. Details of Kerouac's 1943 honorable discharge--after just ten days of active duty--are contained in the late writer's official U.S. Naval Reserve file...



The Smoking Gun: Hit The Road, Jack