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Definition of Kesey
1. Noun. United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kesey
Literary usage of Kesey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Napa and Lake Counties, California: Comprising Their Geography by Slocum, Bowen & Co, Bowen & Co Slocum (1881)
"Kesey, WILLIAM. Was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1819.
When he was seventeen years of age he became apprenticed to the ..."
2. Oriental Fragments by Edward Moor (1834)
"Mount Kesa," otherwise spelled Kesey, — "an elevated rock in the midst of the
... A plate is given of " Mount Kesey"—and it is certainly a very striking ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1875)
"Grantham does not fill a place in history like Lincoln and Stamford and Tor-
kesey ; but, like other places, it has its record in the great Survey.1 It had ..."
4. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1833)
"... we came suddenly in sight of an elevated rocky hill, called Mount Kesey by
the natives. This small island, apparently not less than 300 feet in height, ..."
5. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"... May Sarton, Doris Lessing, John Fowles, Ken Kesey, Saul Bellow and the pre-1980
works of John Updike, Philip Roth, and Larry McMurtry. ..."
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