Someday We'll Build Cabins

Jack Kerouac

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, Jack Kerouac was the youngest of three children in a Franco-American family. He attended local Catholic and public schools and won a scholarship to Columbia University in New York City. There, he first met Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. His first novel, The Town and the City, was published in 1950. However, it was On the Road, released in 1957 and recounting his adventures with Neal Cassady, that defined the “Beat generation” for the world and established Kerouac as a prominent writer of his era. He went on to publish many other books, including The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, and Big Sur. Kerouac viewed his autobiographical fiction as a single, expansive work titled The Duluoz Legend. He passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969, at the age of forty-seven.

Jacques Beckwith

(1920–2000) Jacques Beckwith was an artist and carpenter active during the 1950s and ‘60s. He was a founding member of the Hansa Gallery, one of the notable downtown New York galleries in the vicinity of E. 10th Street during that period.

Lois Sorrells Beckwith

(b. 1935) Lois Sorrells Beckwith is a poet and artist who resides near the cabin constructed by Jacques in Cornwall, CT. She was romantically involved with both Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr before marrying Jacques Beckwith.

Bill Morgan

(b. 1949) Bill Morgan has authored and edited over forty books, primarily focusing on the Beat Generation. His notable works include Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Live of Allen Ginsberg and The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation. He is currently engaged in editing the complete journals of Arthur Miller.

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