description: The legendary 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road," published as Kerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of "On the Road"atyped as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll. A major literary event when it was published in Viking hardcover in 2007, this is the uncut version of an American classicarougher, wilder, and more provocative than the official work that appeared, heavily edited, in 1957. This version, capturing a moment in creative history, represents the first full expression of Kerouacas revolutionary aesthetic.
language: English
title: On the Road
titlecomplete: On the Road
genres: Classics, American, Adventure, Travel, The United States Of America, Modern Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 400888
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Los Angeles, California, Denver, Colorado, New York City, New York, San Francisco, California
series: Duluoz Legend
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album