Product Description

This is the original scroll: the first ever publication of Kerouac's original draft for the book - transcribed from the famous 'scroll': hundreds of typed pages which constitute the manuscript taped together by Kerouac himself. "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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #471566 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

Sunday Times
'A pean to what kerouac described as "The ragged and ecstatic
joy of pure being"'

Hanif Kureishi
'A kind of literary James Dean'

William Burroughs
'ON THE ROAD sold a trillion Levis and a million espresso
machines, and also sent countless kids on the road...'