Kerouac Goes Missing in Mali

I ran across a story of a dog named Kerouac that’s too good not to share.

If someone names their scruffy dog Kerouac, you know they’re an adventurer. Such is the case of Stephane, a Frenchman who doesn’t pay attention to those pesky travel warnings about dangerous countries. With Kerouac in tow, Stephane travels the world in search of On the Road-inspired adventures.

In Bamako, Mali, though, Stephane ran into trouble. Kerouac apparently ran off just as Stephane’s envoy was leaving, and the two got separated. What follows is the story of a journalist and the director-general of Mali’s national gendarmerie, and a happy ending despite the journalist’s fears of Malian government corruption.

You can read the full story on Global Animal.

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• John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, and Jack Kerouac Write About Nature
• Road Trip: Sea Lions and Sea Otters on the Northern California Coast (in which I reference Kerouac’s love of animals)
• Video from Collaboration with Jazz Musician David Amram (in which I read an excerpt from Burning Furiously Beautiful that demonstrates Kerouac’s sensitivity toward animals)
• 6 Best Books of 2013, According to Me (in which I list a book about a woman that travels to a dangerous country)
• On the Road with Bob Holman (the poet travels to Mali)

Tags: animal, Jack Kerouac, Mali, On the Road