The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
Recommended by Josh Waitzkin and Steve Jobs
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Hiking, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
Published just one year after "On The Road", this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude....
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Hiking, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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Steve Jobs
“Steve Jobs and I definitely read The Dharma Bums prior to the India trip.”
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