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Ken Elton Kesey (/ ˈ k iː z iː /; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus. [1] The story involves an Oregon family of gyppo loggers who cut trees for a local mill in opposition to unionized workers who are on strike. Kesey took the title from the song "Goodnight, Irene", popularized by Lead ...
He recovered at the home of his future writing partner Diana Ossana and wrote his novel Streets of Laredo at her kitchen counter. [38] [39] McMurtry married Norma Faye Kesey, the widow of writer Ken Kesey, on April 29, 2011, in a civil ceremony in Archer City. [40] McMurtry died on March 25, 2021, at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He was 84 years ...
Sailor Song is a 1992 novel written by Ken Kesey. The only work of long fiction solely written by Kesey after Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), Sailor Song depicts the lives of the residents of Kuinak, a small town in Alaska , thirty years in the future – the 2020s.
Last Go Round is a 1994 novel written by Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs. It was Kesey's last novel and is about the famous "Last Go Round" that took place at the original Pendleton Round-Up in 1911. The book contains references to real historical figures, and was published with photographs from the early days of the Pendleton rodeo.
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Sailor Song may refer to: . Sailor Song, a 1992 novel by Ken Kesey "Sailor Song" (song), a 2024 single by Gigi Perez "The Sailor Song", a 1999 single by Toy Box "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)", a 1960 German-language song by Lolita
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