Jack 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 40 years ago.
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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 fifty years ago.
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.
As Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience.
The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a 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.
Jack 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 40 years ago
