On the road
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TextPublication details: London Penguin 1972Description: 291pISBN: 9780140274158Subject(s): American literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 813.5 Summary: A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the N. American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" & "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge & experience. Kerouac's love of America, compassion for humanity & sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. This classic novel of freedom & longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" & has inspired every generation since its initial publication.
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| 813.5 HEM/M A moveable feast | 813.5 HEM/T To have and have not | 813.5 KER/L Lonesome traveler | 813.5 KER/O On the road | 813.5 PUZ/G The Godfather | 813.5 SHE/N The naked face | 813.5 SHE/O The other side of midnight |
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the N. American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" & "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge & experience. Kerouac's love of America, compassion for humanity & sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. This classic novel of freedom & longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" & has inspired every generation since its initial publication.
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