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Ken Kesey
Season 8 Episode 803 | 59m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Ken Kesey's works have made him one of the best-known authors to ever emerge from Oregon.
Ken Kesey (1935 - 2001) is one of the best-known authors to ever emerge from Oregon. He wrote his two most-acclaimed novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), when still in his twenties.
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Oregon Experience
Ken Kesey
Season 8 Episode 803 | 59m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Ken Kesey (1935 - 2001) is one of the best-known authors to ever emerge from Oregon. He wrote his two most-acclaimed novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), when still in his twenties.
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