Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.