On the Road -- Jack Kerouac, Paperback

The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation

September 5th, 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of On the Road

Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naivet and wild ambition and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.

Author: Jack Kerouac
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/28/1976
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.06w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780140042597
Age Range: 18-UP

Review Citation(s):
Outside 09/01/2007 pg. 40
People Weekly 08/18/2008 pg. 50
Newsweek 03/30/2009 pg. 14
Entertainment Weekly 01/08/2016 pg. 105

About the Author
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.