Book description
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published word
for word as Kerouac originally composed it.
On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the
North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a
sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise"
and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for
self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his
compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make
On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance.
Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation,
was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg,
Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are
On the Road, The Dharma
Bums, Big Sur,
and
Visions of Cody.
