Cremation of a dead body is carried out at a temperature ranging between 1400 to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit. The intense heat helps reduce the body to its basic elements and dried bone fragments.
Jack Kerouac, original name Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac (born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.âdied October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida), American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits.
1944: During his time at Columbia, Kerouac meets Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. 1946: Leo Kerouac, father, dies. Kerouac begins The Town and the City which is his first novel. This is includes recollections of adolescence in Lowell and his first years in New York City with Lucien Carr and Allen Ginsberg.948: Kerouac conceives of the idea for writing On the Road but is unsure about the style of writing. Has a dream about a âShroudy strangerâ which will become part of his influence for Doctor Sax and is recurring theme in several of his novels including On the Road.