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On the Road

On the Road

Jack Kerouac - Author

Ann Charters - Introduction by

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ISBN 9780142437254 | 352 pages | 31 Dec 2002 | Penguin Classics | 5.11 x 7.75in | 18 - AND UP
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Kerouac's quintessential novel of America and the Beat Generation

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.

Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be “Beat” and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than forty years ago.


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“Life is great, and few can put the zest and wonder and sadness and humor of it on paper more interestingly than Kerouac.” —San Francisco Chronicle

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