num_pages: 311
description: Essential Edition handsomely packaged with french flaps, rough fronts, high-quality paper, and a distinctive cover lookOn 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.
language: English
title: On the Road
titlecomplete: On the Road
genres: 20th Century, American, Travel, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Adventure, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 400823
places: Los Angeles, California, New Orleans, Louisiana, Denver, Colorado, San Francisco, California, New York City, New York
series: Duluoz Legend
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Penguin Books