Preface -- Foreword -- PART 1 The Seeds of Galloway -- 1 The Kerouacs of Nashua January 1720-1925 -- 2 The Ethereal Flower 1926-1933 -- 3 "Wits Abound in Lowell Too" 1933-1935 -- 4 Now a Flood Will Bring the Rest Spring 1936 -- 5 Order, Tenderness, and Piety Fall 1936-Spring 1939 -- PART 2 The Dawn of Jazz in America -- 6 Aloof from Teeming Humanity Fall 1939-1940 -- 7 A Kernel of Eternity February-Summer 1941 -- 8 The Furious Poet Fall 1941 -- 9 The Wound of Living December 1941-Spring 1942 -- 10 Among the Philistines March 1943-November 1944 -- 11 True Thoughts Abound 1945-Spring 1948 -- 12 Toward a New Vision Summer-Fall 1948 -- PART 3 Essence of Mind -- 13 What Kicks January-February 1949 -- 14 Back East February-April 1949 -- 15 Denver Doldrums May-June 1949 -- 16 Go Moan for Man July 1949-Summer 1950 -- 17 Shadow Changes into Bone Fall 1950-Spring 1951 -- 18 Beat Fellaheen Summer 1951-Fall 1952 -- 19 The Shrouded Traveler Fall 1952-Fall 1953 -- 20 Lake of Light December 1953-April 1955 -- PART 4 The Consolidation of Fame -- 21 The Sage of Rocky Mount July-December 1955 -- 22 Passing Through January-December 1956 -- 23 Before the Fall January-September 1957 -- 24 Everything Exploded September 1957-April 1958 -- 25 Northport May 1958-January 1959 -- 26 Pull My Daisy January-September 1959 -- 27 "I Am the Flames" October 1959-October 1960 -- PART 5 Ghostly Friend in God -- 28 The Sad Light of the Old Decade October 1960-October 1962 -- 29 Days of Autumn Spring 1963-Summer 1964 -- 30 The Ghost Hells of My Heart Fall 1964-January 1967 -- 31 The Golden Baby of Heaven January 1967-October 1969 -- 32 The Deluge -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A Fictional Names in the Novels of Jack Kerouac -- Appendix B Books That Comprise the Duluoz Legend -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography of Jack Kerouac's Work -- About the Author.